Executive orders

[airdvr 197]

9 hours ago, gowlerk said:

There is no point to have an Executive Branch if it can’t take executive action. Congress is far too cumbersome of a tool for governing.

Point taken.  Perhaps at least limited.  Feels oddly like a dictatorship when a POTUS, with the stroke of a pen can spend billions with no oversight.

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders

 

[BIGUN 1,059]

45 minutes ago, airdvr said:

Feels oddly like a dictatorship when a POTUS, with the stroke of a pen can spend billions with no oversight.

The "Vested Clause" of the Constitution gives the President the authority. The Supreme Court can override any EO that is not within the scope of the President's powers.   

[wmw999 2,125]

13 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

The "Vested Clause" of the Constitution gives the President the authority. The Supreme Court can override any EO that is not within the scope of the President's powers.   

Basically, there are a lot of assumptions in the Constitution that the majority of government actors are basically trying to do the right thing. 

Wendy P.

[kallend 1,633]

1 hour ago, wmw999 said:

Basically, there are a lot of assumptions in the Constitution that the majority of government actors are basically trying to do the right thing. 

Wendy P.

Assumptions that, by and large, were justified until January 2017.