The 1995 buyout offer was passed by Congress and signed by Clinton.

https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1995/04/1995-04-04-p...

https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/103/226.pdf

Seven restraining orders. Seems like lots is not legal.

The current administration replaced the head of an agency and had that agency shut itself down. Shutting yourself down is clearly not a power given to any federal agency, so by the very policy you're citing either the judicial or executive branch must act to allow such a move.

Instead, our cheeto in chief decided that those other branches don't actually need to do any of that pesky work and it's a lot easier if everyone just does what he wants.

There's a word for that style of governance.

Shutting down an agency like USAID require congressional approval, but was done by executive order.

Withholding congressionally approved funding for government agencies is illegal.

Sharing sensitive documents from the fiscal service with (Doge) team members who do not have the appropriate security clearances is illegal.

Giving Elon Musk an unofficial seat and allowing him unfettered access to the entire federal government without any congressional confirmation is illegal and basically amounts to setting up a shadow government.

The list goes on...