Tornado Alley (PROG)

[Zorax]

This to me was a very stupid decision. By reinstating those removed would have kept them in position to do their jobs for however long they lasted AND kept out any shitstain flunkies he may put in. She should not be making speculative decisions on what may happen while allowing him to keep destroying the admin. Was she possibly a maga judge?

When a group of fired inspectors general sued over their jobs earlier this year, Ana C. Reyes, a federal judge, said Watergate had revealed the importance of “independent oversight of the executive branch” and that the firings — made without explanation or prior notice to Congress — “raise risk of appearing retaliatory, which can chill IGs’ work.”

In a surprise move, she did not reinstate the inspectors, saying that the president could simply remove them again, by following the law next time. To the fired inspectors, the message from the administration was clear: “They don’t want independent accountability,” said Michael J. Missal, who had served as inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016.