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| Musk Calls For Impeachment Of Obama-Appointed Judge Who Blocked DOGE Access At Treasury |
| 2025-02-10 |
| [ZERO] Elon Musk has called for the impeachment of an Obama-appointed judge who barred DOGE and the Treasury Secretary from accessing payment systems at the US Treasury. On Friday night, Democrats went 'judge shopping' to ask that Musk's team be stopped from accessing Treasury systems, knowing that instead of receiving a judge by random selection, the only available judge would be Paul Engelmayer - who held an ex-parte hearing without DOJ lawyers. Engelmayer did not cite any case law or precedent for his ruling, which many have criticized for vast overreach. The order prohibits special government employees, along with those from outside the Treasury department, and the Treasury secretary himself, from accessing the systems. On Saturday, Musk posted to X: "A corrupt judge protecting corruption," adding "He needs to be impeached NOW." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 RE #14. Just takes courage. The House and Senate allowed to interpret the Constitution, especially what constitutes "good behavior"; the other branches cannot do anything about it (president cannot pardon the impeached, and no judicial review). |
| Posted by: Tiny Jones6705 2025-02-10 18:32 |
| #14 Our Constitution is filled with checks and balances for the Executive and Legislative branches, but not so much for the Judiciary. I think that's a mistake. We need something besides "good order" or "good behavior" as a check on judicial overreach or blatant defiance of law, or of creating law out of whatever the judge decides a law should say. I think more stringent rules for the judiciary would solve a lot of today's problems. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2025-02-10 17:33 |
| #13 This is why I'm asking "When the bullets start flying who will the "OFFICIAL" guys with guns be listening too? This sounds like a real insurrection scenario to me. Can some judge in NY really override the president and cabinet? |
| Posted by: alanc 2025-02-10 12:26 |
| #12 How does this business of "judge shopping" work? Maybe that's what should be outlawed. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-02-10 12:24 |
| #11 #9, I'm guessing some of his "friends" may have dropped some subtle hints that it would be in his best interest. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-02-10 12:18 |
| #10 Trump admin files motion to vacate restraining order prohibiting DOGE access to Treasury payment systems |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-10 11:45 |
| #9 This seems pretty hinky, especially the ex-parte part. Q: Is the judge doing this to protect *his* rice bowl or is he doing it on behalf of "friends"? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-02-10 11:33 |
| #8 Dems TERRIFIED their deep state finally being exposed |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-10 11:02 |
| #7 Vance questions authority of US judges to challenge Trump |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-10 10:25 |
| #6 Rope. Tree. Black robed tyrant. Some assembly required. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-02-10 09:37 |
| #5 But will it be in time to stop the "cleaners"? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-02-10 09:03 |
| #4 Given the highly inappropriate/illegal/unconstitutional nature of this decision, it can only be seen as a stop-gap measure to allow Swampy a few days to hide/destroy certain incriminating evidence. That's what the piece about destroying all copies DOGE has made of the data is all about. Don't want any discrepancies to point the finger. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-02-10 08:34 |
| #3 The concern about 'privacy' is absurd. China already has already accessed the systems. horse, barn door. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-10 08:03 |
| #2 LI - Treasury Employees Estimate Fraud in Entitlement Payments at $50 Billion Annually |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-02-10 01:00 |
| #1 The executive branch should be able to investigate government. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-02-10 00:36 |