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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?
Hillary Clinton, Electoral College Elector
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Now KEN and BARBIE are PERMANENTLY ADDICTED to MIND-ALTERING DRUGS ...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2020, @04:32PM (4 children)
You should examine the War Powers act(s). The separation of powers has already been severely damaged, with far too much power being held by the President. I would love to see the War Powers bullshit challenged, and sent to the Supreme Court. An originalist judge would strike down those powers quickly.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2020, @04:58PM (3 children)
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.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday October 29 2020, @05:56PM (2 children)
Not very, eh? It couldn't keep us out of Afghanistan. And besides, now the government hires out to private contractors when they want to meddle.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2020, @06:18PM (1 child)
The law says Congress needs to approve and they did. [wikipedia.org] So the law was effective we just need a better Congress.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday October 29 2020, @11:57PM
People have to want one.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..