Lawsuits appear to be the only weapon for opponents of Musk’s activities in government.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna this week accused Elon Musk of violating the U.S. Constitution as he carries out his mandate from Republican President Donald Trump to overhaul the federal government.Democratic Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna on Wednesday accused Elon Musk of violating the U.S. Constitution as he carries out his mandate from Republican President Donald Trump to overhaul the federal government. Musk, the world’s richest man, responded with a crude insult.
Khanna on Wednesday elaborated to this news organization that he believes Musk’s work in the government has led to pauses on federal grants, plus reported firing of federal employees and “potential mass firings” in the future, that violate the Constitution by infringing on the powers it gives to Congress.
Labor unions on Wednesday sued the U.S. Department of Labor and DOGE, seeking to block the Musk group’s expected attempt to access that agency. In an apparently DOGE-led attempt to get federal employees to resign in large numbers, civil servants received an emailed severance offer, titled “Fork in the Road” like a similar email Musk sent to employees of Twitter before he bought it and renamed it X.With EVs in Donald Trump’s bull’s-eye, is now a good time to buy?
Khanna this week attacked DOGE’s incursion into the Treasury Department over access to “Social Security numbers of every American and sensitive payment information.”
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