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How does Congress ceding power work? Is there a due process for this? Or do they just sit back and chill?

by ksynwa 2y ago

mikehotel 2y ago
By the majority in Congress voting to block any attempts to challenge the executive branch. Judges are acting to stay executive orders, but judicial processes are deliberately slow and the current administration seated several current Supreme Court judges. Civil disobedience and mass unrest seems inevitable when the rule of law and balance of powers is systemically undermined.
throwing_away 2y ago
I'm not sure if there's a definitive cause, I'm more describing the overall effect. If you read the source: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ On the "legislative" side: > All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. > Congress shall have Power To ... declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Meanwhile on the "executive" side: > He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; To me, this is pretty clear, at least about things like war and treaties and land acquisition. But it's easy to come up with a ton of examples from all parties that seem to violate these very basic rules. What I would read as very fundamental "violations" of the document are often upheld by courts as being in agreement with it. So, to answer your question, yes, they just sit back and chill with a 76% disapproval rating, but it took 119 congresses to get there. https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
netsharc 2y ago
Probably like the apparatchik of the Soviet "parliament", that just rubber stamped everything, and can then enjoy the luxury of being the elite the rest of the day. Just needs more mistresses (corruption is already there), anyone got Matt Gaetz' number? Alcoholic (speaking of Russian stereotypes!) wife-abuser as defense minister? Rubber-stamped! RFK as health minister? Rubber-stamped! Glory to the union! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_U...

How does Congress ceding power work? Is there a due process for this? Or do they just sit back and chill?

by ksynwa 2y ago

How does Congress ceding power work? Is there a due process for this? Or do they just sit back and chill?

By the majority in Congress voting to block any attempts to challenge the executive branch. Judges are acting to stay executive orders, but judicial processes are deliberately slow and the current administration seated several current Supreme Court judges. Civil disobedience and mass unrest seems inevitable when the rule of law and balance of powers is systemically undermined.

throwing_away 2y ago

I'm not sure if there's a definitive cause, I'm more describing the overall effect. If you read the source: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ On the "legislative" side: > All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. > Congress shall have Power To ... declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Meanwhile on the "executive" side: > He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; To me, this is pretty clear, at least about things like war and treaties and land acquisition. But it's easy to come up with a ton of examples from all parties that seem to violate these very basic rules. What I would read as very fundamental "violations" of the document are often upheld by courts as being in agreement with it. So, to answer your question, yes, they just sit back and chill with a 76% disapproval rating, but it took 119 congresses to get there. https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx

netsharc 2y ago

Probably like the apparatchik of the Soviet "parliament", that just rubber stamped everything, and can then enjoy the luxury of being the elite the rest of the day. Just needs more mistresses (corruption is already there), anyone got Matt Gaetz' number? Alcoholic (speaking of Russian stereotypes!) wife-abuser as defense minister? Rubber-stamped! RFK as health minister? Rubber-stamped! Glory to the union! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_U...