Presidents are not allowed to shut down agencies that Congress has funded. T or F?
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This goes to the heart of the division of powers
The tension here is between the Executive and Congress. To what degree can the Congress dictate the Executive’s exercise of his administrative functions. These are very complex and tricky legal issues that go back to the principles of the foundation of the most important governmental system in the history of our planet/species.
We slll call make light and fun of the soap opera between MAGA and our political class.,. but this is serious shit!
Oh! And beneath this is the psychological issue of why we are obsessed with gender?
President will do what he wants. Vance for 8 more years. Liberals melting down, great time!
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USAID employes 10,000 people - the entire Federall Government is just a WPA on steroids
It's a joke. The CIA employs 21,000 today.
ROTFLMFAO
They're not shutting down USAID, they just want to make sure that all the money goes into funding
regime change, counter insurgency, murder.... you know, bad stuff
I think the SC would find that the president has broad authority over the executive branch.
I think that just because Congress must appropriate funds, doesn't mean that the appropriation must be spent.
Whether the president can eliminate an agency, probably not. But he can fire all of its employees, close the doors and cease operation.
Not a lawyer, but these are my guesses.
Yeah. There is no way Congress approved $8M for Politico, and all the crazy transgender stuff.
That was decided by a bureaucrat at an agency in the Executive Branch. I suspect Trump can redirect those funds as he sees fit.
Maybe there was a kickback involved
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Per your 'understanding' Trump could fire all SSA employees, close the doors and cease operation?
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I think that's a bit murkier, but the SSA is directly under the president
Laws govern how the SSA works, which is a good thing.
Link: https://www.soa.org/sections/social-ins-pub-fin/social-ins-pub-fin-newsletter/2021/november/ipi-2021-11-schobel/#:~:text=On%20Aug.,a%20new%20six%2Dyear%20term.
Define "shut down." Any decrease in spending by it?
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T - USAID is in executive branch
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Most Congressionally funded agencies are in the exec branch. Q is if Potus can shut those down.
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Maybe if Trump starts spending USAID cash on conservative initiatives, 521 will want it shut down.
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More T or F. Potus & Musk can shut down the...DoD? DoJ? Treasury? SSA? CIA? EPA? NASA? NTSB?
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