Re:Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims from Entering U.S
by coldtea on Monday December 07, 2015 @07:15PM
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That power is limited by the fact that the president is not really free to do anything he pleases from what's allowed, but is even before he hits the office tied by tons of deals, negotiations, behind the table alliances, special interests, donors, party loyalty, and, one would imagine, down to pure old blackmail and/or payola in some cases.
Re:Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims from Entering U.S
by dalke on Monday December 07, 2015 @08:02PM
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Nor are members of Congress 'free to do anything [they] please[]', but are also 'tied by tons of deals ...', making them, by your definition, also 'puppets'.
Nor are the Koch brothers, favorite targets of the anti-corporatists, free to do anything they please, but are also limited by many of the constraints you mentioned.
If everyone is a puppet, then the term 'puppet' is meaningless.
> executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging 72-hour length strikes on enemies, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the implementation of broad statutes.
It goes on to say:
> Two extreme examples of an executive order are Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States" and Executive Order 9066, where Roosevelt delegated military authority to remove any or all people in a military zone (used to target Japanese Americans and German Americans in certain regions). The authority delegated to General John L. DeWitt subsequently paved the way for all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to be sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II.
This "puppet" has much power.