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thesquanderer

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1. What's the end game? From further in the article...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:36 AM
Jun 10
Bedoya and Slaughter’s lawsuit against the Trump administration argues they were illegally fired for political reasons, and asks that they be allowed to continue their roles as FTC commissioners. Bedoya dropped the latter request in a court filing on Monday after submitting his resignation, and is only asking the judge to find that his termination was illegal.


Even if the court finds that the termination was illegal, what's the point? Presidents have been immune from civil lawsuits arising from their duties as president since 1982 (civil lawsuits being something apart from whether or not something is actually illegal), and now presidential immunity extends even to things that are illegal. So even if the court rules in his favor, what could be done about it? Unless they're hoping this goes to the Supreme Court who then decides to use this case to reverse their earlier king-making opinion?

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