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The president of the U.S. African Development Foundation filed a lawsuit against DOGE whose operatives forcibly entered their building and began dismantling operations.

The judge has temporarily blocked the president’s removal, with a hearing set for March 11. The lawsuit provides detailed firsthand evidence of how DOGE, led by Elon Musk, operates beyond its legal mandate.

It describes how DOGE attempted to shut down both the African and Inter-American Foundations, ignored legal requirements, and manipulated agency funding.

This case is the 7th challenging Musk's appointment as unconstitutional and provides firsthand evidence that may succeed where other lawsuits have failed.

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[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Throw Elon into prison, his nazi ways need to be stopped.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Why can't we just deport the one immigrant that's taking all the jobs?

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Well South Africa outlawed apartheid, so they probably don't want him back. Maybe Israel would take him?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All you younglings that missed the first horror show: get used to these “Might!” / “May!” / “Could!” type headlines. It goes on for the whole turd circus.

TL;DR: nothing will happen, there is no bottom and no one will stop them.

In addition to the conditional pointlessness of the language used, the other part is whether or not any of this administration would bother to obey any court ruling not in their interests.

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Whenever you comment, it’s.. Never clear.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Unless DoGe staff are thrown in jail for breaking the law they will continue to do so no matter what happens in the courtroom. Making them stop is not a consequence.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is wild. They're just going along with wildly illegal actions. Acab.

"They threatened security officers with lawsuits and said they would return with U.S. Marshals and the Secret Service to force entry.

They did just that on Thursday, when Marocco and DOGE operatives took control of the agency’s headquarters with the support of U.S. Marshals and commenced dismantling its operations"

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

Jack-booted thugs

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

All Crabs Are 🅱️uckin_delicious

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Seems almost all of them are noobs, which doesn't bode well for them arguing complex issues in front of court.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In reality these people will be time wasters, and do just enough to get it moved up to the supreme court or another lower court where the judges are already bought and paid for. Obstruction is the name of the game

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

Sure... Until they're overwhelmed with thousands of court cases, and any misstep can be used against them and slowly back them into a corner

This is a viable way to impede them... With a thousand cuts, constant depositions, constant fillings where any mistake has consequences

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha, jokes on you! They have the super advanced Grok AI to help them with their case!

Just wait until you see them cite a case that doesn't exist. Then you'll really be sorry for calling them noobs.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I want to know how many times, on average, it praises Musk for shit he doesn't deserve.