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the commerce department because they are not a legislature The Commerce Department operates as a proxy for Congress. They were set up to fully codify and imple
by CWuestefeld 6y ago
the commerce department because they are not a legislature
The Commerce Department operates as a proxy for Congress. They were set up to fully codify and implement the broader regulations enacted by Congress.
Congress can't create a proxy that has the power to do things that the Congress itself doesn't have the power to do itself.
If you want to pretend that this isn't being done under the aegis of Congress but rather the Executive, you're going to have to point to me the enumerated power that gives that branch the power to regulate commerce at all.
They are not finding China / the apps guilty of a crime or punishing them for that crime.
That's the same legal silliness that our law enforcement folks like to use to justify asset forfeiture. I was under the impression that the consensus around here is that it's BS.
- dahfizz 6y ago> The Commerce Department operates as a proxy for Congress. That's how the government works. Congress writes the laws and the executive branch executes the laws... That doesn't make the executive branch part of the legislative branch. "In the United States, the Department of Commerce is an executive department of the federal government concerned with promoting economic growth. This organization's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and _block harmful trade practices of other nations_[1]". The department of commerce is literally a part of the executive branch. Of course they operate with the support of Congress, they are implementing the laws that Congress writes. That's how the government works. I don't know what point you're trying to make. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_...