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Everything that Trump has done via executive order and proclamation should have been checked by the court, and it mostly has except the Supreme Court has grante
by seanmcdirmid 1y ago
Everything that Trump has done via executive order and proclamation should have been checked by the court, and it mostly has except the Supreme Court has granted new supreme powers to the executive that aren’t going away even after Trump leaves office. That is the biggest travesty here, the American system of checks and balances has basically been broken and nothing short of a constitutional convention or revolution is going to fix it.
- defrost 1y agoImmediately after the first executive order declaring some "state of emergency" that 'legally' justified sweeping POTUS orders on tariffs US Republicans passed a bill with a rider clause that (I kid you not) "stopped time" (Congressional time). Legally, in the US, once a POTUS makes such an emergency order Congress must vote on it's continuance within 30 (? short fixed time period that I don't recall ATM) "congressional days". Legally (and this is very weird, I don't exactly know how this is being accounted for on the books) exactly zero "congressional days" have passed since then. Legally, Congress has had no clock run out on any required vote, legally there has been nothing amiss to appeal against and for Courts to rule on. Yes, this sounds crazy, bizarre, abnormal, made up. Yes, it's true. Reference: HN 6 months past: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358343
- verzali 1y agoI've always wondered if they can simply redefine the length of a year to extend presidental and congressional terms. Based on this, it seems like they could.