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Isn’t the President able to appoint people to do these things? It’s not clear to me this is not permitted.
by epicureanideal 2y ago
Isn’t the President able to appoint people to do these things? It’s not clear to me this is not permitted.
- yibg 2y agoDoes the president have authority shut down USAID?
- walterbell 2y agoStatements today to Congress and public, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42926580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42926580
- dole 2y agoCan President Trump Dissolve USAID by Executive Order? According to Just Security, Trump can drastically curtail USAID with executive actions alone; however, he “may not unilaterally override” a statute by executive order. USAID was established by statute as its own agency via Congress in 1998 after first being created by executive order in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Since an act of Congress established it as an independent agency, an act of Congress would be necessary to dissolve it. - Forbes
- __d 2y agoAs with many such things, the letter of the law doesn't anticipate a determined effort to undermine it. Could the USAID agency could continue to exist, on paper, with a single staff member?
- searke 2y agotl;dr No. If this were permitted, then a president would just be a dictator. And he didn't even appoint Musk. Musk isn't head of any government department. He's just a random guy who has a ton of money.