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I just gave examples: 1. of the executive branch by and through the US Department of Defense, among other examples 2. the legislative branch, by and through c
by AaronFriel 7y ago
I just gave examples:
1. of the executive branch by and through the US Department of Defense, among other examples
2. the legislative branch, by and through committee hearings and acceptance as fact of nominations not yet formally made, among other examples
3. and the judicial branch, by and through accepting as fact the arguments of the DOJ through the solicitor general that statements by the President via Twitter are "official statements of the President", among other examples
That's not wink wink, nod nod. That's just fact. The federal government, in its three branches, accepts as fact that the President issues official edicts through Twitter.
- cookie_monsta 7y ago> The federal government, in its three branches, accepts as fact that the President issues official edicts through Twitter. Sure, but pretty much everybody in the world accepts as fact that he uses it to issue random nonsense as well. Surely you don't need examples of this. Which comes back to my question: would you take real-life, consequential action based solely on a Trump tweet or would you look for verification elsewhere first?