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jghn a day ago

Could they please start using the correct name? Department of Defense?

Jeremy1026 a day ago | parent | next [-]

They still want that contract so they'll continue to pander.

krapp a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The correct name is the Department of War.

Calling it the Department of Defense implies a system of laws, checks and balances which no longer exists.

jwkpiano1 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It very much still exists, and statements like this are what’s called “obeying in advance.” Don’t do it.

karmasimida 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You should respect the government’s choice. It is elected after all

jwkpiano1 10 hours ago | parent [-]

The executive doesn’t pass laws. Congress created the Department of Defense. Only Congress can rename it. The executive being elected is irrelevant to this point. The Constitution actually matters.

krapp 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sorry but it does not very much still exist. Otherwise, Congress would be doing something other than praying for the Anointed One and his holy war.

I'm not obeying in advance, but I'm not giving lip service to normality, either.

jwkpiano1 10 hours ago | parent [-]

You are. Congress could stop this right now if they wanted. That they aren’t is of course a problem, but that’s very different than saying the system of checks and balances doesn’t exist. The latter is giving the executive power it doesn’t have.

gentleman11 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

they should rename it to the department of invasions, domestic surveillance, and coups

jghn 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is the DoD u tip congress says otherwise

krapp 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Congress hasn't said otherwise, so...

jwkpiano1 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This isn’t how this works. Laws don’t change just because the executive decides it’s going to ignore them. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/111

jghn 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Only Congress has the authority to change the name. Given they *haven't* authorized it, the name remains DoD. It doesn't work the other way around.

charcircuit 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Department of War is correct.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...

jwkpiano1 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Executive orders aren’t laws. This is: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/111.

charcircuit 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Not all actions that are taken at an executive agency are done because of a law.

jwkpiano1 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Let me state this very simply: executive agencies have only the power granted to them by Congress. So yes, all actions taken by an executive agencies are bound by the law. Anything else is ultra vires and of no effect.