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No lawmakers voted on anything. It's an executive order.
by GabrielF00 12y ago
No lawmakers voted on anything. It's an executive order.
- nickysielicki 12y agoI know. I'm just saying in general.
- GabrielF00 12y agoI understand your comment, and I agree that there have been plenty of examples of lawmakers misunderstanding technology, but this isn't really an issue that's unique to technology. Lawmakers vote on bills on dozens of extremely complex subjects, ranging from agriculture to foreign policy. No single person could have a deep understanding of all the issues that come up in Congress. I don't think that cybersecurity is any more complicated than health care economics or agricultural subsidies. It's just the nature of trying to govern an incredibly complicated country.
- tptacek 12y agoLawmakers voted on 50 U.S.C. 1702, which is what gives the President the ability to issue this executive order. The President can't just make up powers. He's been delegated a whole mess of them by congress, contingent on the declaration of a national emergency.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> No lawmakers voted on anything. It's an executive order. How do you think that all the laws that the President cites at the top of the order that provide the authority under which the order is issued were passed? [0] [0] "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, [...]" -- https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-engaging-significant-m https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/execu...