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Exactly correct. The EPA in particular was created by an executive order, rather than by Congress, so theoretically President Trump could make it disappear by e
by sverige 10y ago
Exactly correct. The EPA in particular was created by an executive order, rather than by Congress, so theoretically President Trump could make it disappear by executive order.
- baddox 10y agoFor thoroughness, the EPA was proposed by an executive order from Nixon that was sent to and ratified by both houses of congress. It was mostly a consolidation and strengthening of roles previous distributed throughout the executive branch, and was a response to widespread concern about the environment as well as the executive branch's legal responsibility to implement laws such as NEPA.
- jcranmer 10y agoThere are 619 mentions of the exact phrase "Environmental Protection Agency" in the US Code. I think that a Trump administration would have a hard time fulfilling the requirements of 49 USC §44715(a)(1)(B) (to pick just one example) without there being an EPA.