Both parties + press + voters have been super comfortable with the Exec branch using EOs to expand it's power (ex:Reagan,EO12333). It seems to be driven by 'We like it when our guy does things'.
I counter with (or try to):
Not holding a reasonable PotUS accountable
gifts power to the unreasonable one that follows.
I don't think P+P+V understand this, however.
Most disheartening is the decades of press apathy - because holding the powerful to account it is their actual, constitutionally-protected day job.
When discussing what'll happen, it's important to remember that the Republican party as a whole is behind these new "emergency" import taxes, not just Trump as a lone actor.
In particular, the original IEEPA law requires that any motions to terminate the "emergency" must get voted on in ~18 days. However every House Republican moved to declare that somehow that the rest of the days this year don't count as time passing, for some reason.
Warning, pedantic-ness ahead:
Both parties + press + voters have been super comfortable with the Exec branch using EOs to expand it's power (ex:Reagan,EO12333). It seems to be driven by 'We like it when our guy does things'.
I counter with (or try to):
I don't think P+P+V understand this, however.Most disheartening is the decades of press apathy - because holding the powerful to account it is their actual, constitutionally-protected day job.
>Most disheartening is the decades of press apathy - because holding the powerful to account
High expectations of a press owned by the powerful
https://archive.is/Hve3f
When discussing what'll happen, it's important to remember that the Republican party as a whole is behind these new "emergency" import taxes, not just Trump as a lone actor.
In particular, the original IEEPA law requires that any motions to terminate the "emergency" must get voted on in ~18 days. However every House Republican moved to declare that somehow that the rest of the days this year don't count as time passing, for some reason.
https://www.ntu.org/publications/detail/when-is-a-calendar-d...
Probably not, as an impermissible delegation of legislative power to the Executive (and for several other reasons).