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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by mjburgess on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:59PM (#42923839)
That's not correct. Acts of congress specifically created the agency after JFK's XO.

Regardless, the agency is a party to contracts which it is currently breaking. The actions of DOGE are causing the US to break contracts, which is illegal.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by alvah on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:16PM (#42925401)
A contract in itself is not law (though it can be legally enforceable), so how is breaking a contract illegal?
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by BikiniPrince on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:29PM (#42925556)
Furthermore, very likely any such contracts have language around the cancellation.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by mjburgess on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:43AM (#42930735)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by alvah on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:58PM (#42968461)
Ctrl-F "illegal" - 0 results
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