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Hillary Clinton, Electoral College Elector

Journal by DeathMonkey

Good news everybody!

Hillary Clinton will be an Electoral College Elector for NY

Aren't you glad to know that your votes don't actually count and that Hillary Clinton is one of mere 538 people in the United States whose vote actually does count?

 

Reply to: Re:Who cares about the president?

    (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2020, @04:58PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday October 29 2020, @04:58PM (#1070429)

    I agree with you that the President has too much power to start a war without Congress.

    However, you are completely wrong about the War Powers Act.

    War Powers Act [history.com]

    The constitution says the President directs the military and the Congress declares war. It was one of those rules that was never written down that war must be declared if you want to direct the military somewhere. Truman was the first President to say nah to that and deployed troops to Korea without approval. Then of course the same shit happened for Vietnam.

    The War Powers Act LIMITS the ability for the President to send troops without approval. It was passed because Vietnam was such a shitshow they didn't want it to happen again. It says things like if there's an emergency you can deploy somewhere but it needs to be approved by Congress within a certain timeframe.

    There are definitely criticism about how effective it is.

    But, strengthening it is the answer, not eliminating it.

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