The action taken against former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has demonstrated that President-elect Trump—once inaugurated—can remove federal employees at will.
This, in fact, was confirmed by a recent court ruling regarding the firings of Trump allies by The Obiden Regime.
This from msn.com.
Knewz.com is reporting that debate surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s authority to slash workers from the federal workforce have recently intensified. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is looking to eliminate federal employees working from home, with co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy promising sweeping layoffs.
In 2021, Biden dismissed Spicer, Kellyanne Conway, and Russ Vought from military academy visitor boards despite their congressionally mandated terms. Spicer and Vought challenged their dismissals in court, but lost.
Spicer stated:
It was forcing them to argue in the affirmative that they had the ultimate authority to fire anybody at any time, which they did. And the court accepted that. So, the Biden [Regime] is now on record in court, and the court agreed that the president had absolute authority to fire anyone he wants.
The ruling implies that Trump could similarly dismiss Biden appointees without legal hindrance.
The judge ruled that the power to remove appointees is inherent to the power of appointment unless explicitly restricted by law.
Spicer said:
The whole point is now, on day one, President Trump can go in and fire everyone and say it was the Biden folks who told us that we could do this.
Trump has noted that employees who do not return to the office could face termination, which Musk and Ramaswamy view as an opportunity for voluntary workforce reductions.
Trump stated:
If people don’t come back to work, come back into the office, they’re going to be dismissed.
Musk and Ramaswamy plan to pursue reforms that include rescinding regulations, reducing administrative positions, and achieving cost savings. They argue that fewer regulations necessitate fewer employees, thereby supporting workforce cuts.
Musk and Ramaswamy wrote:
The two of us will advise DOGE at every step to pursue three major kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings.
Further:
The purpose of these protections is to protect employees from political retaliation. But the statute allows for ‘reductions in force’ that don’t target specific employees. The statute further empowers the president to ‘prescribe rules governing the competitive service.’ That power is broad.
God speed to the Trump-Vance team.
