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Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by Jtsummers on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:03PM (#42956635)
> How can something be illegal before any judge ruled on it?

If someone steals from you and there's been no conviction, was a crime committed or not? You're still out whatever was taken, but by your logic no theft has occurred until after someone has been convicted of committing the crime.

Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says by Almondsetat on Thursday February 06, 2025 @03:14AM (#42960213)
Exactly, until the judiciary system decides on the illegality of the act, the rest of society is oblivious to the nature of what happened. I'm sure that if something like that happened to you personally you'd know many of the facts at play, but if you cannot prove thorough the courts that something illegal occurred, it didn't