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> vast majority of cases the legislation as written is flexible enough that picking an amount of action that is zero is within the bounds of the law. While tha
by jasonjayr 1y ago
> vast majority of cases the legislation as written is flexible enough that picking an amount of action that is zero is within the bounds of the law.
While that may be true; is that actually within the spirit of their respective laws? Passing legislation that directs the executive to do something, but then letting the executive just slow-walk it until it's moot seems counter productive.
- throwawaymaths 1y agoif it incentivises congress to be more specific and reduces executive free reign style legislation in the future I'm not too terribly bothered (oh shit do we not want to give the president the authority to change tariffs in an "emergency" without defining the scope of an emergency?? yeah let's pass non stupid laws). there's lots of other stuff in this administration to be critical about.