Posted on 02/12/2025 9:24:40 AM PST by Red Badger
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley has asserted that he’s been left stunned by efforts from leftist judges to undermine President Donald Trump’s executive authority.
Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, said he’s “baffled” over courts “intruding significantly” on Trump’s agenda.
The constitutional expert was left bewildered after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order on Monday to block the Trump administration’s buyout offer to federal employees.
On Tuesday, Turley told “Fox & Friends” that the offer is “perfectly within the wheelhouse of the president.”
“I think that Trump is on very solid ground with the buyout,” Turley said.
“I’m still a bit baffled by what the court is doing here.
“If the presidents are allowed to dictate conditions of employees coming into the office, what they’re working on, all of that is part of Article II powers of the president controlling the executive branch.
“I’m not, even today, certain what the constitutional problem is,” he noted.
“You’ve got 65,000 employees who were told, look, we’ll let you stay at home and look for a job as long as you agree to resign and to give a number of months.
“They’ve agreed to it, the government’s agreed to it.
“That seems to me to be perfectly within the wheelhouse of the president.
“So I think he’s going to win on that.”
“Congress can make decisions, they’re the ones who buy ships, but it is the president that decides who’s going to take the ship out and the crew,” Turley added.
“He can reduce the number of crew members.
“And so, there are different aspects of authority here.
“I think that the court is really intruding significantly in the president’s authority.
“He’s allowed to downsize, and they’re allowed due process.
“They’re allowed employment protections, but they’re not allowed to permanent employment. ”
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The judge’s order comes nearly two weeks after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered buyouts to more than 2 million federal civilian employees to leave their jobs.
Government workers were given a choice to either leave or stay.
The move came after Trump mandated those employees to return to their offices, ending work-from-home policies.
The legal group Democracy Forward sued on behalf of labor unions representing thousands of employees.
The group is claiming the administration can’t administer payments.
In a letter to its members, the AFGE noted that the buyout offer doesn’t guarantee that the employee’s resignation will be accepted or that the benefits will be paid.
They also said the buyout offer is “arbitrary and capricious” and “violates federal law.”
The unions allege the administration cannot guarantee the plan will be funded and has failed to consider the consequences of mass resignations, including how it may affect the government’s ability to function.
Around 65,000 federal employees have reportedly accepted the offer.
Judge George O’Toole said he’s taken the matter under advisement.
However, there was no timeline on when he would make a decision.
During PDJT’s first term, the MSM-Democrats simply pretended he wasn’t actually the President. They got a lot of mileage with this approach, not surprising they’re re-running the playbook.
Turley has asserted that he’s been left stunned by efforts from leftist judges to undermine President Donald Trump’s executive authority.
If true, it is only because despite his intelligence he is a true believer in the myth that the judiciary is apolitical.
Naivete.............
BTTT
I am baffled that Turley has not yet posted an in depth analysis of this “lawfare”.
As a constitutional scholar that I trust, I was looking forward to seeing his thoughts in writing.
Turley and Dersh seem to be good re interpreting based on the Constitution, although they’ve basically been leftists in the past.
Turley might be someone to consider for SCOTUS. Not sure.
Old fashioned conservatives = so polite = crushed by the left every time.
We are living in revolutionary times.
Our Supreme Court appointees must be tough as nails.
“Our Supreme Court appointees must be tough as nails.”
What are the odds Thomas resigns within the next few months, giving PDJT the opportunity to replace him with a younger version?
It’s worth a shot for leftist orgs
Trump needs to maintain course and speed
At some point Judge Roberts as the deciding vote will determined most of this is the purvey of the president within his domain is my guess
Don’t see how squishy Roberts can parse out
It’s pretty clear
You live and die by the exec order sword
Don't be naïve!
Turley is baffled because he was never told that, or chose not to believe it.
That’s all they got. That and stealing elections.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/swamp-apocalypse-wednesday-february
PDJT will be joined by Congress no worries
Hopefully, someone better than the disappointing Kavanaugh, Amy Conehead Barrett, or Gorsucks.
That was my initial impression as well. However, I think Turley's position as a law professor demands he adhere to the long-cherished "belief" that the bench is apolitical.
Especially NOT like ACB. We knew she was trouble from the first day her name was floated. (At least I did.)
This time around, PDJT needs to NOT seek advice from the ones he consulted before. Terrible choices.
DNC Lawfare is all they have left.
Turley is thinking this is a legal strategy. It isn’t. It’s a delaying tactic to get them to the mid-term elections, where they believe that they have a shot at flipping the House. That makes it a political strategy. The other thing it does is that (they hope) it sets them up for street theater this summer.
It’s a 2-prong strategy: take the House & generate unrest. Then they’ll go for impeachment number (3? 4?)
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