Summary

Elon Musk’s email demanding federal employees report their weekly work to him was mistakenly sent to judiciary staff, despite the courts being independent of the executive branch.

Judges and judicial employees received the directive but were advised to ignore it. Legal experts criticized the move as a “fundamental failure” to understand separation of powers.

Amid backlash, Musk later called the email “a test.”

The mistake has added to ongoing litigation, with lawsuits arguing Musk’s mandate violated the law and judicial independence.

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        8 hours ago

        Well, if Elon doesn’t know what he is doing, he should ask, or RESIGN. I cannot take having a person working in our Gov. who is not 100% qualified…it’s inefficient…I should have DOGE investigate his punk ass…

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          4 hours ago

          Haven’t you heard? Elon doesn’t work for the government. Apparently there is no administrator for DOGE, so don’t go trying to hold him accountable or anything.

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        Well, I wonder if they aren’t linked so much as that Elon just happens to know where to look for Gov. email addresses in certain departments or offices.

        But that’s just speculation.

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          Nope. Musk forced his criminal minions into the central system that allows for broadcasting to all federal employees and since they are all incompetent children led by an arrogant moron they didn’t filter down to executive branch employees.

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      Didn’t you get the memo? There is only one big, swinging trunk, called the Unitary Executive. The other branches are twigs.