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We don't have a monarchy (yet). The Constitution does not say "anything in here is void at the whim of the President". An electoral win does not allow him to un
by benzible 2y ago
We don't have a monarchy (yet). The Constitution does not say "anything in here is void at the whim of the President". An electoral win does not allow him to unleash a gang of thugs through all of the agencies, to shut down Congressionally mandated agencies, to violate civil service protections, etc. Presidents swear an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Not to mention, he ran on the opposite of what he's doing. He claimed he was going to end wars and immediately threatened war on multiple allies, with the latest being a threat of mass ethnic cleansing in Gaza. And on and on.
- philwelch 2y agoWhich branch of government are those agencies a part of?
- realusername 2y agoThose agencies are part of the executive branch as they are administrative in nature.
- achandlerwhite 2y agoCreated and appropriated by Congress.
- benzible 2y agoThat's not how any of this works. Read up on separation of powers. Just to take one example... > the Supreme Court ruled nine to nothing that when Congress directs that money be spent, the president is obliged to do it. [...] Presidents can certainly send recommendations to Congress that funds should be cut. The Impoundment Control Act provides an expedited procedure for having those recommendations considered. But the president simply doesn’t have this unilateral authority. https://www.vox.com/politics/398618/elon-musk-doge-illegal-lawbreaking-analysis https://www.vox.com/politics/398618/elon-musk-doge-illegal-l...
- philwelch 2y agoWe’ll see in a year or two how this really works. My view is that there was a coup against the Constitution about 90 years ago and as a result we have decades of judicial Calvinball that need to be sorted through. Just to start with, can you find the part of the Constitution that authorizes NIH and NSF to exist in the first place? In terms of following the strictures of the Constitution, nothing the administration has done has made things any worse in that regard and in fact, has the potential to make things much better. The bureaucracy has grown into an extraconstitutional (which is to say, unconstitutional) fourth branch of government with separated powers of its own. Destroying that independence and returning executive power to the elected executive is a massive step in the right direction.
- Gareth321 2y agoYou could make arguments of overreach but they don't come even close to "coup." > coup: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group. > Not to mention, he ran on the opposite of what he's doing. He claimed he was going to end wars and immediately threatened war on multiple allies, with the latest being a threat of mass ethnic cleansing in Gaza. And on and on. Voters appear to disagree with you. [His approval rating has never been higher while in office.](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/dona...)
- realusername 2y ago> coup: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group. Trump is doing an otherthrow of an existing government by a small group. That fits perfectly.
- Gareth321 2y agoTrump and the Republicans control all three branches of government: the office of the President, the House, and the Senate. Who exactly are you contending they are overthrowing?
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- realusername 2y agoEvidently not, otherwise he would pass all there reforms to congress plus judiciary control.