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Which check or balance do you think is being ignored here? The point of the executive branch is to be the one where unelected and loosely vetted administrators
by roenxi 2y ago
Which check or balance do you think is being ignored here? The point of the executive branch is to be the one where unelected and loosely vetted administrators work.
Congress is mostly voted officials, the judiciary is the group that are carefully vetted for cultural fit and the executive is where the messy parts happen with oversight from the other two government branches. It is where people like Musk are supposed to be working - the president thinks he a good person to be wielding power.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago> Which check or balance do you think is being ignored here? Which check + balance is being adhered to? Which actions aren't in violation of the constitution, are operating fully with stipulated oversight and clearly operate within established best practices? This should be trivial to provide from the Most Transparent Administration Ever.
- roenxi 2y agoI don't think "All of them and everything" is really a serious attempt at a response. But a non-serious question demands an unserious answer! Trump hasn't been impeached this time round, for example, so that is check and balance that is being adhered to. And he gave the State of the Union speech which is an action unambiguously in line with the constitution. So there you go, there are checks that are holding and actions taken that are constitutional.
- danorama 2y agoSo if it's government as usual they won't mind adhering to the Privacy Act of 1974 like every other agency, right?
- roenxi 2y agoI assume they're cool with it. Why wouldn't they be? Musk + Trump probably don't care, it isn't data on them. Hire a bunch of interns and get them on the job.
- danorama 2y agoMy sense is they're going to shred any requests like this or just send back a "No Responsive Records" response for every one and dare someone to try to call them on it. But I envy your trusting nature.