alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoFederal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief planapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkFederal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief planapnews.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to U.S. News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarecoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agothe problem is, if you work for the government, and the President tells you to do something illegal or against current policy, you the employee are not shielded from consequences the same way the President is.
minus-squareCaptObviouslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI’m not sure that’s ever been conclusively tested.
minus-squarecoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agowell yeah, the Supreme Court only just made this ruling a few weeks ago. Username checks out. lol
minus-squareFester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat I’m hearing is that Biden should spend the rest of his term handwriting checks.
the problem is, if you work for the government, and the President tells you to do something illegal or against current policy, you the employee are not shielded from consequences the same way the President is.
I’m not sure that’s ever been conclusively tested.
well yeah, the Supreme Court only just made this ruling a few weeks ago. Username checks out. lol
What I’m hearing is that Biden should spend the rest of his term handwriting checks.