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The WallBuilders Show

Navigating the Quest for Government Transparency

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Education, Family, Religion & Spirituality, Church, Christianity, Wallbuilders.show, America, Conservative, News, Christian, Wallbuilders Show, Politics, Constitutional, Biblical, Government, History

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today, we'll be taking a close look at the Doge department. Discover how this entity plays a pivotal role in maintaining accountability within the executive branch, acting almost like a watchdog with a leash held tightly by the president. We dive into its alignment with presidential authority, drawing fascinating parallels between running a country and managing a corporate behemoth. Unpack the legal hurdles and criticisms it faces while we highlight its crucial mission of keeping government o...

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0:00.0

You found the intersection of faith and culture. It's the Wall Builders Show where we take on the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective. You can send in your questions if you'd like us to address the particular topic because ons, we take on those hot topics that you're interested in.

0:21.9

It's Foundations of Freedom Thursday. The email is radio at wallbuilders.com.

0:26.7

Radio at wallbuilders.com. Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. And guys, we'll just jump right in. Heather gets the first question today. And man, this one's on a lot of people's minds. Is the doge, she calls it a department, but is the Doge department illegal or against the

0:41.2

Constitution?

0:42.5

And even when this was talked about the campaign guys, I think we addressed it a little bit

0:46.4

on the show about how do you go about doing this?

0:48.5

What is the president, you know, appoint someone like an Elon Musk to do?

0:52.0

And, you know, it's almost like an ombudsman in a way.

0:55.2

But, but just constitutionally, you got Democrats yelling right now and screaming and acting like,

1:00.7

oh, how dare you look into our, how we're spending your money. So anyway, it's going to be a

1:06.4

fun one to talk about. What do you think? Doge illegal or against the Constitution?

1:10.8

Oh, yeah, absolutely. And you're going to hear more and more. And do you think? Doge illegal or against the Constitution? Oh, yeah, absolutely.

1:12.1

And you're going to hear more and more, and already you see the lawsuits mounting against it,

1:16.0

because the more it uncovers and the more it brings out and the more sunlight it brings into things,

1:20.8

definitely the more they want to oppose it and take it out. But I think there's some real key

1:26.5

elements to those that have to be considered.

1:29.3

And part of he goes back to a decision I was just reading from Judge Jim Ho on the Fifth Federal

1:35.8

Circuit Court of Appeals. He's out of New Orleans. He's from Texas. But he was dealing in that case

1:41.4

with the concept that, and we talked about it before, you just can't fire federal

1:45.8

employees, right? You can't get rid of these guys. Once the president puts someone in,

1:50.1

they have that civil service act and that civil service act keeps them from being removed.

1:55.3

And Judge Ho was pointing out, and wait a minute, if you're going to say that a federal law

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