U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student visas

Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by 8note on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:43PM (#23839488)

Is the US set up such that the executive can do anything they want unless the legislative branch has put in restrictions?

I'm not that familiar with the structure of the US government, but I thought it was the opposite, and the executive has an approve list of powers rather than a deny list

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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by scarface74 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:58PM (#23839610)

There are laws and there are regulations. Laws are created by Congress and signed by the President.

Most of the time, laws are very vague and the specifics of the laws - the regulations - are written by government regulatory agencies. The president appoints heads of the regulatory agencies that are approved by the Senate (upper house).

Congress can pass a law that overrides a regulation or it can be struck down by court.

So the President by himself has limited power but he has a lot of influence over regulatory agencies based on who he appoints.

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