When the CDC in 2016 created their version of opioid dosing guidelines, no one with any authority or visibility stood up and stated that the CDC did not have any statutory authority to create those guidelines and they had no statutory authority to cause any prescriber to follow those guidelines. Because they were JUST GUIDELINES, and the FDA has the statutory authority to create dosing guidelines FOR ALL Rx MEDICATIONS. Then 30 odd states’ legislatures decided to codify the CDC guidelines, which are not based on any clinical studies. Apparently, State medical licensing boards, pharmacy licensing boards, and/or any of the state boards that license various mid-level medical professionals pushed back.
It would seem that people who are attorneys seem like they operate under the saying, “no one is above the law… except those who are in charge of enforcing our laws”
Maybe someone needs to call this issue to the attention of Trump, Kennedy, and Musk. Maybe they need to look at defunding the DEA?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt strongly criticized recent rulings by federal judges ordering the reinstatement of thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration. In a statement, she accused a “single judge” of attempting to “unconstitutionally seize the power of hiring and firing from the Executive Branch,” asserting that such authority belongs exclusively to the president. Leavitt emphasized that “singular district court judges cannot abuse the power of the judiciary to thwart the president’s agenda” and suggested that if judges wish to exercise executive powers, they should run for president themselves. She declared that the administration would “immediately fight back against this absurd and unconstitutional order”137.
The rulings, issued by judges in California and Maryland, challenge the administration’s mass firings of probationary employees across multiple federal agencies as part of its efforts to reduce government size. The judges argued that these terminations violated federal laws governing workforce reductions and were improperly directed by the Office of Personnel Management, which lacks statutory authority to fire employees in other agencies3910.
Citations:
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-workers-future-uncertain-court-finds-firings-illegal-rcna196506
- https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5294666/trump-white-house-constitutional-crisis-judges
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-reinstatement-federal-agencies-probationary-employees/
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-fired-probationary-federal-163400103.html
- https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-argues-lower-courts-wield-excessive-national-influence-supreme-court-appeals-policy-birthright-citizenship-executive-orders-mass-firings
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-judges-rulings-constitutional-crisis-presidential-power-a9c593cf3f9faec23a03f4a5123fefdb
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj5w052x3xo
- https://news.yahoo.com/trump-admin-fight-court-order-193113669.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-orders-federal-agencies-reinstate-thousands-probationary-workers-rcna196275
- https://time.com/7268018/court-orders-trump-rehire-probationary-workers/
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