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I was under the impression from a lot of comments from smart HNers when DOGE was first announced that Musk would simply be in a advisory position, or would simp
by Freedom2 2y ago
I was under the impression from a lot of comments from smart HNers when DOGE was first announced that Musk would simply be in a advisory position, or would simply report to someone else and wouldn't have any real access or power.
What ever happened to those commenters?
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI'm surprised. I question the legality of all this. Without congressional authorization, DOGE is just an advisory board. Advisory boards (I presume) don't have the legal authority to do these kinds of things without congressional approval. I presume there's an emergency lawsuit or 20 to stop this; it will be interesting to see how it gets ruled on. Then we'll know just how much trouble we're in.
- cocacola1 2y agoGranted, it’s one step at a time — but what’s to stop them for disobeying the legal order if it’s against them?
- beaugunderson 2y agoyes, here's one example: https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminwittes.bsky.social/post/3lh7hnd6ujs27 https://bsky.app/profile/benjaminwittes.bsky.social/post/3lh...
- BobaFloutist 2y agoThat was the announced plan. Then they renamed United States Digital Service to United States Doge Service and put Musk in charge. I'm not sure how the legality works, but they're doing something different than what they had first stated.