Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is running into a million lawsuits. And Elon Musk’s inability to keep his mouth shut isn’t helping. We’ll discuss the avalanche of lawsuits by labor unions, non-profits, FBI agents, and anonymous federal employees, along with the judiciary’s response.

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44 USC § 3501 Note

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3501

Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-system/index.html

US v. Illinois docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69616357/united-states-v-state-of-illinois/

FBI Agents Association v. DOJ

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69609596/federal-bureau-of-investigation-agents-association-v-department-of-justice/

AFL-CIO v. Department of Labor docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613359/afl-cio-v-department-of-labor/

Nat’l Council of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/

ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS v. BESSENT (challenge to Treasury/BFS)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69607077/alliance-for-retired-americans-v-bessent/

Doe v. OPM docket (challenge to Musk server spoofing OPM email)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69582338/doe-v-office-of-personnel-management

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump (challenge to birthright EO)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560542/new-hampshire-indonesian-community-support-v-trump/

The Three-Headed Chimera of Trumpian Destruction [Gift Link]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-three-headed-chimera-of-trumpian-destruction/sharetoken/09cb444c-9355-4852-be93-f505cbbd1418

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Elon Musk has invaded Washington. He has set loose a pack of feral teenage code monkeys with a god complex inside every federal agency, promising to do for Washington what he did for Twitter. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, and Musk also has a plan to “rightsize” the government by waving unenforceable contracts at federal employees to induce them into resigning. There’s a Fork in the Road all right, but this one is perhaps best not taken.

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Nat’l Counsel of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/

Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous by

https://www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wants-to-get-operational-control-of-the-treasurys-payment-system-this-could-not-possibly-be-more-dangerous/

Office of Personnel Management “Fork in the Road”

https://www.opm.gov/fork

OPM Guidance on Schedule Policy/Career (formerly Schedule F)

https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Memorandum%20re%20Schedule%20Policy%20Career%20Guidance%2001-27-25%20FINAL.pdf

American Federation of Gov’t Employees v. Trump docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69588089/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-trump/

VSIP 5 U.S.C. § 3521 et seq.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-B/chapter-35/subchapter-II

Truman EO 9830

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-9830-amending-the-civil-service-rules-and-providing-for-federal-personnel

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Trump issued dozens of imperial edicts — oh, sorry, executive orders. Many of them are wildly illegal, mostly are deeply cruel, and all are being challenged in court. We’ll discuss the pending injunctions on his birthright citizenship order and the “pause” on government spending so that he can redline the federal budget and delete all the “woke.”

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Trump v. Meta docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61568745/trump-v-meta-platforms-inc/

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69588089/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-trump/

OMB M-25-13

https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/deb7af80-48b6-4b8a-8bfa-3d84fd7c3ec8.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2

OMB CLARIFICATION MEMO

https://ngma.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/White%20House%20OMB%20Clarification%20Memo.pdf

Nat’l Counsel of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/

State of New York v. Trump (“States Case”) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585994/state-of-new-york-v-trump/

OPM Guidance on Schedule F

https://www.chcoc.gov/content/guidance-implementing-president-trump%E2%80%99s-executive-order-titled-restoring-accountability

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