c.im is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
C.IM is a general, mainly English-speaking Mastodon instance.

Server stats:

2.9K
active users

#mspb

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is aiming to get these cases to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, where it’s betting that enough of the right-wing justices will agree to overturn the high court’s own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agencies — encapsulated primarily in a 1936 case called Humphrey’s Executor — &amp; axe the removal protections that keep leadership at such entities as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a> insulated from political will or vindictiveness.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Prainbow (she/her) 🏔️Colorado<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltNPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltNPS</span></a> <br>Merit Systems Board Case: A court is holding another hearing on Cathy Harris’ lawsuit against the Trump administration, after she was temporarily reinstated as chair of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board following claims of unlawful termination.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CourtCases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtCases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnlawfulFiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnlawfulFiring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Dellinger asked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a> this week to halt the dismissal of 6 probationary employees while his office investigates their complaints. Dellinger said the firings appear “contrary to a reasonable reading of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>” &amp; said he was considering “ways to seek relief for a broader group.”</p><p>The merit board granted his request to stay the terminations for 45 days.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s attempt to fire Dellinger is part of his broader push to remove government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a> who investigate wrongdoing &amp; protect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>. Trump also has tried to fire the head of the Merit Systems Protection Board [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a>], an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agency that hears appeals of terminations &amp; other adverse actions against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilServants</span></a>. A federal judge reinstated her temporarily. Dellinger’s office refers certain cases to the merit board, which issues its own decisions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Hawaii Kai Auntie<p>Good summary of what laid-off federal employees are entitled to. Short answer: pretty much nothing, and no true appeal process either. </p><p><a href="https://www.gelawyer.com/federal-legal-corner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gelawyer.com/federal-legal-cor</span><span class="invisible">ner/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mspb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mspb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilservicefail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilservicefail</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of Cathy Harris atop the Merit Systems Protection Board, ruling that Trump's decision to fire her exceeded his authority."</p><p>Trump rebuked by a federal judge.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372.9.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372/gov.uscourts.dcd.277372.9.0_1.pdf</span></a></p>
TrumpTrump tells federal employees, ‘You’re fired!’ But wait — not so fast. The federal civil ...<br><br><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/5107846-federal-employees-civil-service-system/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/opinion/5107846-federal-employees-civil-service-system/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opinion" target="_blank">#Opinion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/White" target="_blank">#White</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/House" target="_blank">#House</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Civil" target="_blank">#Civil</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Service" target="_blank">#Service</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/System" target="_blank">#System</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donald" target="_blank">#Donald</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Federal" target="_blank">#Federal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/employees" target="_blank">#employees</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSPB" target="_blank">#MSPB</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=Eo2LDrhuVB35uTI1IMAfg8CDVHE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Event Attributes</a>