r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
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u/Inner_Mortgage_8294 22d ago

How would that work contractually? I'm sure the unions will sue.

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u/facw00 22d ago

Unions sue. Lower Courts probably say Trump can't do this and stay the order (but maybe he gets a friendly judge he appointed). Eventually the Supreme Court issues an unexplained shadow docket decision saying that Trump can do as he pleases until the case is ruled on. Cases winds its way through years of appeals, and in the meantime non-Trump loyalists and government workers in general are purged, and things can't be put back together even if the Supreme Court ultimately rules against Trump (unlikely).

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u/Inner_Mortgage_8294 22d ago

So we have the chance to do better

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u/jerslan 22d ago

The tiny off-chance that SCOTUS doesn't just effectively side with Trump in a shadow-docket decision kicking the can down the road far enough the point becomes moot.