• grue@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    My guess is that it isn’t the firing that’s temporary, it’s the permission. As in, the President can do that as long as it’s Trump, but it stops being allowed if a Democrat gets in office.

    (That’s probably not what they’ll claim it means, but I bet that’s how it’ll work in practice.)

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      It means Trump can fire the Chair, at least until the decision. If it goes against him, the Chair is reinstated. It’s a stupid decision since Trump doesn’t apparently have the legal authority to do it in the first place, but it’s similar to an injunction where the court decides that until a final ruling is made, it’s in the government’s interest to allow the act to continue.

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        1 day ago

        at least until the decision.

        Exactly. Now watch them not actually make the decision, allowing Trump de-facto dictatorial power while the issue officially remains in legal limbo.