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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by sandworm101 on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:25PM (#42924168)
>> is the legislative branch going to do?

Impeach. Subpoena. Then arrest if subpoena ignored. Pass laws (supermajority to bypass veto). Cut funding to executive office. Then go nuclear with things like amendment putting the armed forces under legislative control. Lots options. All require a united front.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by petersellers on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:35PM (#42924941)
> Lots options. All require a united front.

So in other words "no options" because we will never have a unified front in the legislative branch.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by DFHippie on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:45PM (#42924392)
> All require a united front.

Which requires Republicans to honor their oath to uphold the Constitution. So it's a non-starter.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by sandworm101 on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:58PM (#42924557)
Or, massive recalls across the country change the math. My point is that there are totally legal and constitutional options. Nobody need result to silliness.
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