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The power President Trump is lawfully exercising in the executive order to control the Executive Office of the President of the United States stems from the Reo
by Maxious 2y ago
The power President Trump is lawfully exercising in the executive order to control the Executive Office of the President of the United States stems from the Reorganization Act of 1939 (via https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_8248 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_8248) which FDR had to get Congress to pass after his previous efforts to reorganize the executive branch during the Great Depression were deemed unconsititutional.
Critics at the time warned this Act would give the president too much power.
- jquery 2y agoThe Reorganization Act of 1939 lapsed after 2 years. Trump would need a new Congressional Reorganization Act to do what he's doing with DOGE.