Travis Kalanick
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But the president and the executive branch, they have to execute on that.
And that's what the key is here.
So they accused Trump of violating the separation of powers under the Constitution Act.
AFGE has 820,000 members.
In May, a San Francisco-based federal judge sided with the unions, blocking the executive order.
The judge, who was appointed by Clinton, said any reduction in the federal workforce must be authorized by Congress.
This is a key issue.
And the White House submitted an emergency appeal, yada, yada, eight of nine Supreme Court justices sided with the White House in overturning this block.
And so the reasoning, it's very likely the White House will win the argument of the executive order.
They have the right to prepare a rift.
The question is, can they actually execute on that rift?
And who has that power, Chamath?
Does the power reside with the president to make large scale or, you know, rifts?
Or do they have to consult Congress first?
Your thoughts on this issue?
You could have passed the EO, which triggered the lawsuit.
If he wasn't firing people, yeah, they probably wouldn't have felt the need, to your point, Travis, to actually...
file this.
But Travis, if you are living in the age of AI efficiency right now, operations of companies is changing dramatically.
Can you imagine telling somebody you can be CEO, but you can't change personnel?