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| Suddenly, Democrats are uncomfortable with Executive Power |
| 2016-11-12 |
| [Politico] Prepare for an imperial presidency. Donald Trump has pledged to "reform the entire regulatory code," to "cancel immediately all illegal and overreaching executive orders," and to place a "temporary moratorium on new agency regulations that are not compelled by Congress or public safety." On the chopping block will be regulations to address climate change (which he’s labeled a Chinese hoax); to implement Obamacare ("a disaster"); and to rein in Wall Street ("We’re too involved in regulation of the banks"). Gone, too, will be President Barack Obama’s executive actions protecting the children of undocumented immigrants and tightening restrictions on gun sales. The GOP’s continuing majorities in the House and Senate will clear the decks for any legislation the president-elect proposes, but Trump is impatient to assert his presidential authority ("I alone can fix it") and to dismantle much of Obama’s agenda with the stroke of a pen. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday that Obama will try to persuade Trump when they meet Thursday to limit the reversals to preserve continuity. Con't. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Re: NYT - Yeah, saw that also. Now that the Grey Lady has now absolutely, positively, Scouts Honor promised to report only the objective truth, everything they say going forward is on the up-and-up./sarc |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-11-12 23:29 |
| #8 Funny how the NY Times is suddenly interested in 'telling the truth' now that the democrats are out of office. Liars always lie. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Barnsmell1818 2016-11-12 15:12 |
| #7 I suspect they expected Trump to refrain from using his Executive Power much like Mitch stopped using the Nuclear Option on the Filibuster. Nope - Trump's no {B|M}itch. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-11-12 13:40 |
| #6 Maybe now they will realize what the libertarians and small-government conservatives were trying to teach them all during Obama's abuses. That'd be nice, but I doubt it - I think the huge majority of these people think they know everything by the time they get their bachelor's / journalism degree, then stop learning. Just look at Obama as Exhibit A. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-11-12 13:18 |
| #5 Democrats are always consistent - Heads we win, tails you lose. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-11-12 12:42 |
| #4 preserve continuity Yeah. That's why the party in power is tossed out wholesale by the electorate, to "preserve continuity." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-12 11:30 |
| #3 Maybe now they will realize what the libertarians and small-government conservatives were trying to teach them all during Obama's abuses. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2016-11-12 11:23 |
| #2 "Thanks for the pen and phone, Barry." |
| Posted by: charger 2016-11-12 10:19 |
| #1 A fundamental concept of the Constitution was to control the aggregation of power under the precept that you never want to have powers you'd never want your worse opponent to exercise. For some reason, those on the Left always seemed to miss that day of class. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-11-12 09:00 |