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Even if the President has to have a good reason to do something, that has no practical effect on whether the President will do something. There will be no conse
by a3n 7y ago
Even if the President has to have a good reason to do something, that has no practical effect on whether the President will do something. There will be no consequence to the President, and in most cases to his order followers, beyond "you shouldn't have done that" and much harumphing in Congress.
Social constructs are shared illusions that only work when we decide to adhere to them.
- shadowgovt 7y agoHypothetically, Congress should have the authority to subpoena and then disclose classified information. To my knowledge, it has not been tried.
- dhosek 7y agoIt has, it just takes time. We're still waiting on the court decision about declassifying the Mueller report (the subpoena was just upheld at the appeals court level, we can assume that the Trump administration will appeal to the Supreme Court to try to keep the report secret).
- charwalker 7y agoDocuments like this were requested during impeachment and were either not provided or heavily redacted in ways that suggest a cover up of damaging material not valid reasons allowed by law. The administration is already hiding critical information from the public because it might look bad for the president. This is the same thing but will directly impact our response and likely raise the fatality rate in the US.
- shadowgovt 7y agoAh, okay. So Congress lacks that power because Congress decided it lacks that power.