| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 3 days ago |
| > unitary executive bypassing all other branches of government Is there even a pretence of a law being cited by the White House? |
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| ▲ | edge17 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| ...thats how the US Constitution works. Congress passes laws (CHIPS Act) and the executive branch is empowered to carry them out - in this case the Secretary of Commerce and Commerce Dept. One can argue whether it stretches the intent of the law, nothing wrong with debate. But as of now, I don't think any judge or court has contested in the interpretation of the language. |
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| ▲ | cududa 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Which part of the CHIPS act says companies receiving funds have to give the government 10% of the company to continue receiving funds? | | |
| ▲ | edge17 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Section 9902 of the act authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to "covered entities" One can argue how to interpret "financial assistance" broadly, which is exactly what the administration has done. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | > One can argue how to interpret "financial assistance" broadly The money was already granted. Trump threatened the CEO personally and then they came to this agreement ex post facto. | |
| ▲ | re-thc 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > One can argue how to interpret "financial assistance" broadly, which is exactly what the administration has done You can? So some years later they can change it again? Where's the trust? | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent [-] | | The takeaway is the next Democrat president should just declare a public transit emergency and start building while the courts squabble. Same for housing reform. Same for climate change and shutting down coal power plants—once you shut it down and take out the turbines, it doesn’t matter what the courts say. | | |
| ▲ | boroboro4 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Yes, they should. However in case of democrats president Supreme Court will be surprisingly fast on issuing emergency decisions and stopping executive actions… | | |
| ▲ | yibg 2 days ago | parent [-] | | They should then just ignore the courts decisions they don’t like like the current administration does. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > as of now, I don't think any judge or court has contested in the interpretation of the language Who has standing to sue here? The best I could see is a shareholder lawsuit, but that will take years. Meanwhile, this administration is getting slapped down by courts across the country, including a SCOTUS willing to overturn precedent to curry his favour. | | |
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