Fire Them All: The Democrats' Manueverings Have Granted Trump the Power to Fire Anyone He Wants

Back in 2021, Biden terminated the appointment of Sean Spicer to a Navy body.

The Democrats have no standing to claim that Trump can't do the same.

President-elect Donald Trump is arriving at the White House armed with a legal weapon that will let him fire any of President Joe Biden's appointees.

Thanks in part to a court fight former Trump White House spokesman Sean Spicer lost over his firing by Biden from a three-year term to the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, the incoming president will have the legal backing to dump any of Biden's over 4,000 appointments who try to stick around.

And the best part, Spicer told Secrets, "They'll have no one to blame but Biden himself."

The case dates to Sept. 8, 2021, when Biden began to fire Trump allies from the visitor boards at the academies of the Navy, the Air Force, and the Army.

Spicer and others, including Russ Vought (just picked by Trump to head the Office of Management and Budget) and former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway, were unceremoniously dumped despite several of them having time left on their three-year terms.

Spicer and Vought sued, saying that unlike White House staff or others appointed by a prior president, they couldn't be fired because of their congressionally mandated terms.

They lost, however, when a judge essentially ruled that the president could fire any presidential appointee, whether they had terms or not. A further effort failed, too.

Spicer said he didn't sue to get the job back -- he sued to get the Democrats to argue that the president could fire whoever he liked. The Democrats did argue that, and won.

And now Trump owns the precedent.

Meanwhile, Schumer schemed to give an extra-long term to a last-minute appointee.

As RedState reported on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer schemed to create a years-long installation of Democrats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) through President-elect Donald Trump's entire second administration. On Monday, Schumer filed cloture on the nomination of current NLRB Chairman Lauren McFerran to extend her term into 2026, and pushed for a Wednesday vote in the hopes that a thin Democrat majority, coupled with the absence of certain Republican senators on the floor, would work in his favor.

Schumer not only had his hopes dashed, but his comeuppance came at the hands of two independent members who caucus with his own party.

[CBS:] A Democrat-led push to secure a majority on the National Labor Relations Board until 2026 fell short on Wednesday, as Senate Republicans and two independents blocked the nomination of Lauren McFerran to continue serving on the labor board.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture Monday on the nominations of McFerran, a Democrat, to remain for another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board. McFerran is the current chair of the NLRB whose term is set to expire later this month. Her confirmation to another term would have maintained a Democratic majority on the board, in a move that would have marked a key victory for Democrats heading into a second Trump administration and a Republican trifecta in Washington.

In a 50 to 49 vote, Senate Republicans, joined by independent Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, blocked the nomination from advancing. Without the confirmation, the board is expected to swing to come under Republican control, with a vacancy for President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming GOP-controlled Senate to fill in the new year.

S a D, droopydicks.

posted by Ace at 03:10 PM

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