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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by holler on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:37PM (#23355208)
can you qualify these strong assertions? “plainly obvious for everyone to see” isn’t a convincing instrument. The role and powers bestowed on the President are set in the US Constitution.
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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by jorblumesea on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:46PM (#23355325)
1) There is considerable disagreement about the scope and nature of the presidency. The constitution doesn't make everything super clear. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory

2) Trump's authoritarian interpretation of these powers is pretty obvious and not really controversial. I think this is an obvious fact that requires little explanation.

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