Maybe Don't Take the Fork in the Road (DOGE v. OPM)

Federal Government employees have been offered a buyout "Elon Musk" style, while Ken Starr and Sandra Day O'Connor predict Trump's Executive Orders. ** This is not legal advice and you should discuss this with your own lawyer, not me, to get individualized legal advice ** #OPM #Fork #buyout Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/cUqVPzQFub Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, Floatplane subscription, or Twitch membership. February 2025 supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, John Steel, Ugly Grill, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring "Advocate" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Brian Flowers, Meaningless, playceholder, John Swanson, matthew beller, Schi-Schi, Kreachers, admalledd, tdis8629, Dawn Massaro Guy, Guy Chapman, Laura Hertzman, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Mark Randall, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Tony Cruickshank, Stefan Persson, Alexander Sihn, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, Chris Lindsay, Dzyan, TEEKAY, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew FastLizard4 Adams, David Zaslavsky, Kean, Jessica Pearson, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., AniLunchbox, Brian, Jack Draak, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, Raindrop Works, eyebrows360, Chris Hilliard, Eric Barker, Gef the Mongoose, Michael, DrakeDT, Lawrence Groupe, Andrew Venier, Rabid Ronin, Katmandu573, Bill Tonnies, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, varia, DrJKL, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, cwestpha, Nate Gray, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, Jorge Vittes, Violet Bosveld, Tymorus, Alisdair Meredith, Bryan Lubeck, akamrboone, Kris Hetzel, Christina B, Jennifer and David Brock, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, arkiandruski, Rita Loy, Bee Geiger, Michael Kunze, lol3145, crystalvala, Michael White, Curtis Donelson, Teryn Bence, B-System, Caleb Begly Fun and Tech 00:00 - A Fork in the Road 00:56 - Sources of Federal Power 02:27 - The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 08:44 - OPM v. Richmond - The Decision 11:12 - Estoppel = Detrimental Reliance 13:18 - Oral Arguments DIRECTLY ON POINT 15:39 - A Foreshadowing Question 19:46 - The Fork in the Road Buyout Offer 23:12 - Leonard Thoughts 24:20 - Richmond's Dissenting Opinion - Moser 25:51 - Leonard Thoughts