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And this is the American government functioning as intended! The president was given powers to create these agencies by Congress, and Congress regularly steps i
by colechristensen 1y ago
And this is the American government functioning as intended! The president was given powers to create these agencies by Congress, and Congress regularly steps in to regulate and put into law various details of how they operate.
Today's Congress entirely failing to regulate the executive branch and seemingly... uninterested? in doing so is troubling for the stability of the republic.
- dylan604 1y ago> Today's Congress entirely failing to regulate the executive branch and seemingly...uninterested? You say uninterested, yet it seems more like complicit. Both chambers of Congress are led by the same party as POTUS. They are quite happy with how things are going, and actively work to enable POTUS and his agenda. There are some things where previous Congress has put limits on POTUS that this POTUS is ignoring. If this Congress was really effective, they'd repeal those regulations so POTUS' actions would not run afoul of legislation. Instead, they are just ignoring the flagrant violations, and letting SCOTUS (also led by the same party) get involved with their decisions that POTUS has flagrantly pushed back against as well.
- lazide 1y agoI’m assuming it’s some form of regulatory capture - Schumer’s comment to Trump [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/schumers-warning-intelligence-community-vs-trump/vi-AA1HwMqQ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/schumers-warning-int...], and the many shenanigans that Diane Feinstein apparently ran into over the years, makes it clear they intentionally dodge oversight and probably have a lot of dirt on people. And if you were the NSA, how could you pass up on using some of that ‘accidentally’ collected intel to help avoid distractions while you ‘protect the nation’ eh?