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Ah, you must not be American. At least over here--the subject of the news post--that belief would be considered pro-dictatorship nonsense. The US Federal gover
by Terr_ 9mo ago
Ah, you must not be American. At least over here--the subject of the news post--that belief would be considered pro-dictatorship nonsense.
The US Federal government has different branches, and only certain branches have certain powers. This is widely known because we teach this to US children before they are 14 years old, sometimes aided by literal cartoons.
These "warrants" are not at all equivalent, the same way that a President cannot dream up and declare a "law" (even if he calls it that) because only Congress may make those.
- PearlRiver 9mo agoWait until you find out judges are appointed by the president... It is actually amazing America managed to function as well as it has been to be honest.
- OutOfHere 9mo agoYes. It's incredible that: 1. The loopholes were not exploited sooner. 2. No one cares about patching them, not before real-world identification, and not even after identification. They only keep increasing. The only saving grace has been the two term limit of the President.
- fhdkweig 9mo agoIn a two party system, no one wants to get rid of the loopholes. Those currently in power don't think their opponents will have the opportunity to use it, and those not in power want to use it later when they finally get to be in power. Check out the two parties wanting the Line Item Veto thinking only their side would be able to use it yet horrified to see the other side use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_S...
- galangalalgol 9mo agoThe president only nominates them. The Senate confirms. Until the obama administration, judges required a supermajority of the senate to confirm, but a gop minority were filibustering all his nominees. So he asked the senate to remove the filibuster for judges. It was really the only use of the filibuster that made sense. Most democracies have independent commissions. Perhaps they all do now...
- Bud 9mo ago[dead]
- charcircuit 9mo agoThe constitution does not give the judicial branch the exclusive power of issuing warrants. Having certain exclusive powers doing mean every action can only be exclusively done by them. Each branch has an obligation to adhere to the constitution.
- nozzlegear 9mo ago> Each branch has an obligation to adhere to the constitution. Somebody tell that to the executive branch, they seem to have forgotten it some time in late January, 2025.