Turning the quadruple negative into a mere double negative: US judge will allow Biden administration ban on noncompete agreements.

I hate non-compete agreements as much as anyone else, but since when is it supposed to be in the president's power to ban anything? This should be done as a law or not at all. Legislating from the executive branch undermines the very structure of our government and is intolerable.

It would be great if we had legislators that could legislate. But we don't, and we still need policy.

The title doesn't make this clear but this was a decision made by the FTC not by an executive order. There's still an argument that can be made about the extent to which the executive branch vs. legislative branch should be deciding these kind of things which would be fair but it's not Biden personally mandating this change.

It is within the executive branches power to ban something when the legislative branch has granted it such power by law which is exactly what the judge ruled has happened in this case.

Related:

FTC adopts a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all workers (186 points, 3 months ago, 32 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40138824

Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes (35 points, 20 days ago, 56 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40871143

Excellent news.