There has been a lot of recent attention given to President Trump's Executive Orders released (and continue to be released) during these first few weeks of his second term. Each one has its own individual issues and concerns but one overriding question for many is the constitutionality of Trump's actions. Many people are saying we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Given past and present comments by Trump, VP Vance, allies, aides and supporters, it is clear that the current Executive Branch administration believes it is the federal courts causing a crisis by interfering with Executive Branch "legitimate" authority. But is this exercise of authority actually "legitimate"? If not, what's next? To answer such questions, we first have to look at the source - the Constitution of the United States, written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and put into effect in 1789. The US Constitution Article III, Section 1 states that, " The judicial power o...
Trump and Musk are promoting a worthy goal to save federal money using one laudable means of downsizing and reorganizing government. But many of the processes they are using are absolute bullshit intended for a show of quick results. First understand that there is a difference between employees and personnel positions. Employees are the people who are hired to work in positions. Positions exist on paper to identify the personnel needs of an organization. Qualifications, job description and salary are key defining position elements. Position salaries are used to develop budgets but whether that budget is actually expended depends on if the position is actually filled. If you budget X dollars because you expect a position to be filled, but you do not fill that position, you have saved X dollars. But what is the value of such savings if you needed the position filled? I can budget X dollars for groceries and if I don't buy groceries I saved X dollars. Is...