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Damian Paletta

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572 total appearances

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The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

But if there's a lawsuit and it gets in the courts and they get in front of a friendly Supreme Court, and actually Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed in the journal saying exactly this, that they want this into the courts. So that if a friendly Supreme Court rules on it, then they get everything they want.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

But if there's a lawsuit and it gets in the courts and they get in front of a friendly Supreme Court, and actually Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed in the journal saying exactly this, that they want this into the courts. So that if a friendly Supreme Court rules on it, then they get everything they want.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

They actually can't do these things without the court kind of ruling in their favor. So the sooner they can do it, even if it's in kind of a messy memo, although that might not help them in the courts if they have a messy memo, but the sooner they can get the courts involved, the sooner they can kind of get down to business.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

They actually can't do these things without the court kind of ruling in their favor. So the sooner they can do it, even if it's in kind of a messy memo, although that might not help them in the courts if they have a messy memo, but the sooner they can get the courts involved, the sooner they can kind of get down to business.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

They actually can't do these things without the court kind of ruling in their favor. So the sooner they can do it, even if it's in kind of a messy memo, although that might not help them in the courts if they have a messy memo, but the sooner they can get the courts involved, the sooner they can kind of get down to business.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

I mean, great question. I mean, in the TikTok example, we believe that it's hard to find someone with standing to sue. So, yes, it does seem completely different from what the law says, a law that was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed by President Biden. But it's hard to find, like, who would have the standing to file a lawsuit to get it gummed up in the courts.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

I mean, great question. I mean, in the TikTok example, we believe that it's hard to find someone with standing to sue. So, yes, it does seem completely different from what the law says, a law that was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed by President Biden. But it's hard to find, like, who would have the standing to file a lawsuit to get it gummed up in the courts.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

I mean, great question. I mean, in the TikTok example, we believe that it's hard to find someone with standing to sue. So, yes, it does seem completely different from what the law says, a law that was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed by President Biden. But it's hard to find, like, who would have the standing to file a lawsuit to get it gummed up in the courts.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And the same thing with the inspectors general. yes, you have to notify Congress within 30 days before, and you have to give specific reasons. Trump did none of that. I suppose some of the inspectors generals could sue, but in this example, the spending example, many people would have the standing to sue because it would impact them.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

And that's what got this case in front of a federal judge so quickly.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

So it looks like this came right out of Elon Musk's shop and the Office of Personnel Management. And one of the issues with this, so the idea is they email this kind of buyout offer, although it has the same subject line that Elon Musk used in his sort of similar buyout offer when he took over Twitter in 2022.

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?

The Journal.
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending

Yeah. And so it goes out to over two million federal employees. Democrats immediately said, whoa, whoa, this seems like kind of a trick, a rope-a-dope. Because you have to respond, resign in the email. And so what if you respond that this is an illegally binding contract?