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> One of the key principles of "democratic procedures" is that the courts have final say over all executive activities. Then surely you support the Republican
by Sacho 10y ago
> One of the key principles of "democratic procedures" is that the courts have final say over all executive activities.
Then surely you support the Republican party? One of their first orders of business after the election was to move to gut Chevron deference[0], a concession by the judicial system towards the executive(essentially, courts would defer the interpretation of a law to the government agencies tasked with enforcing it)[1].
[0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5/text#toc-HB8EF70F4452040FEB190171AAFB0BC49 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5/te...
[1] https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/01/20/chevron-deference-kill-and-overkill/ https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/01/20/chevron-deference-k...