[unsupp0rted]

> DOGE is obviously a completely illegal operation

What laws does it break?

I like to watch those "Auditors" on Youtube who film in public places. Every cop assures them that filming a police officer / police station / inside a public library is illegal. About 25% of the time they detain them, and about 10% of the time they arrest them.

When they ask what law they've broken, they never get a straight answer.

[ty6853]

I think the one they're going for is that being a senior officer with material authority requires confirmation per the appointments clause, constitutional law instead of a federal statute.

Whether musk is operating as such seems dubious but possible.

[rawgabbit]

Is DOGE an advisory body or real government audit agency. It is acting like the later but is solely creation of Musk.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-unions-s...

https://www.hrdive.com/news/federal-workers-unions-challenge...

[wavefunction]

US' Privacy Act of 1974

[hiatus]

Some of the exceptions include:

- For routine uses within a U.S. government agency

- For law enforcement purposes

[alfiedotwtf]

Presidential Pardons

[nolok]

That doesn't make it legal. In fact it is my understanding that accepting a US pardon require some level of admitting guilt

[tartoran]

What if Trump dies in the office and doesn't get to pardon him?

[Maken]

Vance will be the president then.