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Congress loves giving away power to the Executive Branch so they don't have to bear responsibility for unpopular decisions. It's likely that at some point Congr

Congress loves giving away power to the Executive Branch so they don't have to bear responsibility for unpopular decisions. It's likely that at some point Congress gave this power to the president though not necessarily this Congress and this president. Congress is free to take the power back if it votes to do so. Given that even the Biden campaign has prohibited their workers from installing the TikTok app, there isn't likely to be much of a partisan fight over this issue.

Twisell 6y ago
But you have no safeguard against that? I mean here in France when the government or the assembly trie to pass a law that is potentially unconstitutional there is an emergency review process by the "constitutional council" that can veto all or parts of the law that infringe. This process just happened recently because our president tried to pass a "hate law" on social media that was deemed unconstitutional because it had too many unpredictable side effects on free speech principles.
- rsa25519 6y ago
  > But you have no safeguard against that? We do: the judicial branch.
  - noir_lord 6y ago
    Which is stacked by the party in power. For example the Republican stalling of appointment until they where in power.
    - iso947 6y ago
      Thus surely showing it’s not stacked by the party in power?
      - dragonwriter 6y ago
        Well, showing that it's stacked by a combination of the party in power in the Senate and the one in power in the Executive; the earlier description would have been more clear with reference to which power centers were being referred to. The Republicans used being in power in the Senate to block appointments until they also held Executive power.
- xondono 6y ago
  While it seems quite absurd, most governments make this kinds of decisions. For instance, France has used similar tactics when rumors of Pepsi buying Danone came to light.
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Twisell 6y ago

But you have no safeguard against that? I mean here in France when the government or the assembly trie to pass a law that is potentially unconstitutional there is an emergency review process by the "constitutional council" that can veto all or parts of the law that infringe. This process just happened recently because our president tried to pass a "hate law" on social media that was deemed unconstitutional because it had too many unpredictable side effects on free speech principles.

rsa25519 6y ago
> But you have no safeguard against that? We do: the judicial branch.
- noir_lord 6y ago
  Which is stacked by the party in power. For example the Republican stalling of appointment until they where in power.
  - iso947 6y ago
    Thus surely showing it’s not stacked by the party in power?
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      Well, showing that it's stacked by a combination of the party in power in the Senate and the one in power in the Executive; the earlier description would have been more clear with reference to which power centers were being referred to. The Republicans used being in power in the Senate to block appointments until they also held Executive power.
xondono 6y ago
While it seems quite absurd, most governments make this kinds of decisions. For instance, France has used similar tactics when rumors of Pepsi buying Danone came to light.
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