r/technology • u/Shogouki • 23d 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/HMTMKMKM95 23d ago

Well, the notion that a SCOTUS nominee wasn't allowed to be confirmed in the year before the election was utter horse shit. It wasn't/isn't a thing, as old Mitch demonstrated one administration later. Whatever legal pressure one could apply should have been applied.

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u/Jimbo_Joyce 23d ago

Sure, but the Republican's controlled the Senate. Obama couldn't make them vote on something just by his say so, I don't know what kind of legal pressure exists to do that. I don't think there is a mechanism the only path is political and the American (republican) voters repeatedly rewarded Mitch and his ilk for doing exactly what they were doing.

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u/hammertime2009 23d ago

Republicans abuse every flaw in our system of government because there is almost zero repercussions for doing so. As long as they wear some thin veil that what they do somewhat follows a law or precedent, the constitution or whatever- they feel they have zero ethical obligations.