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The administration doesn’t have the constitutional authority to make such a demand.
by valuearb 6y ago
The administration doesn’t have the constitutional authority to make such a demand.
- scarface74 6y agoYou mean like the four “executive orders” (really just one) he issued in response to the Congressional stalemate to Covid. Who is going to reign him? The Senate? Federal judges who he appointed?
- valuearb 6y agoHe will have to go to court to get them enforced. That will take into next term, at which point Biden will repudiate them.
- mywittyname 6y agoThe administration has not let constitutional limitations hinder any of their decisions. The problem with Constitutional "authority" is that it relies on good faith, as the government is really just policing itself. If a President asks 'who is going to stop me?', they will quickly find out the answer is 'nobody.'
- valuearb 6y agoHe will have to go to court to enforce them. And he will lose.
- slowmovintarget 6y agoWhich was the problem many people foresaw when the last administration did it. They set the precedent, or pushed at its boundaries. "If they can do it... so can we..." It's the main problem with any governmental structure. If it exists, sooner or later it's bound to cut in what we consider the wrong direction.
- tomohawk 6y agoCongress does, and Congress delegated the power to the President some time ago. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA) the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) section 301 of title 3, United States Code
- valuearb 6y agoThose acts clearly exempts information services from these powers.