No, Ex Orders are a result of a grid-locked, dysfunctional Congress that has evolved since the 1980s. Yes, it's mostly the extreme right-wing that has driven the disfunction, but it truly has been a game of f'ing over the other side, then the other side f'ing you times 10 when they get back in power. Rinse and repeat. So know D and R Pre…
No, Ex Orders are a result of a grid-locked, dysfunctional Congress that has evolved since the 1980s. Yes, it's mostly the extreme right-wing that has driven the disfunction, but it truly has been a game of f'ing over the other side, then the other side f'ing you times 10 when they get back in power. Rinse and repeat. So know D and R Presidents are relying on EOs to: appease their base or cement their legacy. While I'm totally sympathetic to the loan issue, it's hard to pretend you live in a democracy when one person can make a $400 billion spending decision with no check or balance. To defend this move, you have to defend the right of TRump or someone equally authoritarian, to use Eos anyway they want.
The correct solution is to take back the constitutionally granted powers!! If they hate EOs, stop acting like brick walls to everything. Special interest money has polluted the Legislative branch. In the meantime, things must be accomplished for the American people. If Biden is legally out of bounds on this, then take it to the courts. I suspect he isn't. Congress should provide a check and balance as you propose, however, truth is they don't! It's broken!
EOs are just one part of a worn out system. Remember when we followed the Constitution and Congress declared war? Or how about that constitutional process that keeps Presidents accountable...impeachment, how has that worked out lately. Many things are broken in our system (and yes, money has a lot to do with it.)
It is part of the primacy of the party uber alles. The concept of Congress defending its constitutional prerogatives at the expense of party advantage is laughably quaint. Sadly.
No, Ex Orders are a result of a grid-locked, dysfunctional Congress that has evolved since the 1980s. Yes, it's mostly the extreme right-wing that has driven the disfunction, but it truly has been a game of f'ing over the other side, then the other side f'ing you times 10 when they get back in power. Rinse and repeat. So know D and R Presidents are relying on EOs to: appease their base or cement their legacy. While I'm totally sympathetic to the loan issue, it's hard to pretend you live in a democracy when one person can make a $400 billion spending decision with no check or balance. To defend this move, you have to defend the right of TRump or someone equally authoritarian, to use Eos anyway they want.
The correct solution is to take back the constitutionally granted powers!! If they hate EOs, stop acting like brick walls to everything. Special interest money has polluted the Legislative branch. In the meantime, things must be accomplished for the American people. If Biden is legally out of bounds on this, then take it to the courts. I suspect he isn't. Congress should provide a check and balance as you propose, however, truth is they don't! It's broken!
EOs are just one part of a worn out system. Remember when we followed the Constitution and Congress declared war? Or how about that constitutional process that keeps Presidents accountable...impeachment, how has that worked out lately. Many things are broken in our system (and yes, money has a lot to do with it.)
It is part of the primacy of the party uber alles. The concept of Congress defending its constitutional prerogatives at the expense of party advantage is laughably quaint. Sadly.
Then EOs it is. Necrosis can't be the option.