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Re:Tech Giants Face Off Against 18F by Spooky23 on Monday July 04, 2016 @08:20AM (#12030262)
The Federal government is a single legal entity.

How can it be possible for an entity to have a conflict of interest in deciding to do something itself?

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Re:Tech Giants Face Off Against 18F by mooreds on Monday July 04, 2016 @09:07AM (#12030482)
Are you sure the Federal government is a single legal entity? If so, how can Congress sue the President? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Repre...
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Re:Tech Giants Face Off Against 18F by Spooky23 on Monday July 04, 2016 @09:29AM (#12030609)
The congress is a seperate branch of government.
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Re:Tech Giants Face Off Against 18F by mooreds on Monday July 04, 2016 @10:57AM (#12031137)
Ah, so you meant the executive branch is a single legal entity.
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