Posted on 06/04/2016 8:29:04 PM PDT by John Semmens
President Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch have joined former director of the Phoenix VA Medical Center Sharon Helmans suit against wrongful termination. Helman was fired in 2014 following the nationwide VA scandal that erupted after it came to light that veterans were dying while waiting for care at the facilities she oversaw. She was also subsequently convicted of a felony after pleading guilty to accepting bribes.
Despite this blemished performance in her job, Helman is now contending that her firing was too hasty. Lynch agreed, saying that the 21-day limit for filing an appeal of the firing was too short a time. Typically, the whole process of reviewing a government employees status takes months or even years. This is the standard that employees like Ms. Helman had come to expect. The legislation passed in 2014 expediting the process overturned these expectations and is, therefore, unconstitutional.
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, characterized Lynchs claim as creative fiction. There is nothing in the Constitution that says a government employees job status is immune to changes in legislation. Just because these bureaucrats have imagined themselves to be entitled to perpetual employment doesnt make it a right. For the Administration to side with this miscreant is an outrage.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://azconservative.org/2016/06/04/obama-says-hes-not-a-gun-grabber/
OR
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,210189.0.html
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