top | item 42938273 (no title) gonzoflip | 1 year ago How is the executive branch directing a department under their authority a coup? Please be specific. discuss order hn newest anigbrowl|1 year ago Because they're simply upending/ignoring Congressional mandates in the form of law. For example, Congress directed the creation of USAID as an independent agency in 1961. It cannot simply be abolished by executive fiat. Hizonner|1 year ago Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute. load replies (1) gonzoflip|1 year ago >abolishedThat doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?
anigbrowl|1 year ago Because they're simply upending/ignoring Congressional mandates in the form of law. For example, Congress directed the creation of USAID as an independent agency in 1961. It cannot simply be abolished by executive fiat. Hizonner|1 year ago Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute. load replies (1) gonzoflip|1 year ago >abolishedThat doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?
Hizonner|1 year ago Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute. load replies (1)
gonzoflip|1 year ago >abolishedThat doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?
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That doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?