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It's one of several "checks and balances" whereby one branch can override another branch, in this case the executive can override the judicial. Congress (the le
by gzread 8mo ago
It's one of several "checks and balances" whereby one branch can override another branch, in this case the executive can override the judicial. Congress (the legislative) can override the executive too, by firing the President if they feel he's breaking too many laws (or indeed for any reason they want). It's a wonder they haven't chosen to. It indicates Congress approves of what the President is doing.
- jjtwixman 8mo agoI think this is sort of final proof that electing a king for four years with more or less total power as the presidential system outlines is fundamentally a shit system.
- PaulDavisThe1st 8mo agoThis is just a new (and primarily conservative) interpretation of the system (the so-called "unitary executive" theory). There's a different interpretation where the existing laws constrain the executive, there is no "unitary executive", and the result is a highly constrained presidency. E.g. Biden attempting to use explicit language written by Congress to do something and being told he could not do so by the judiciary (for "reasons").