Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov...
by invalidOrTaken on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:48PM
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There is certainly a transfer of power going on, but whether that's unlawful will be for the courts to decide.
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov...
by stetrain on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:12PM
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I’m not sure a court ruling is a requirement for something to be called a coup.
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov...
by invalidOrTaken on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:15AM
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It’s certainly debatable, but shutting down agencies created and authorized by Congress and refusing to distribute funding legislated by Congress seems to be an overstep of executive power, and therefore an undermining of Congress’s power.
My main point was that ousting an incumbent or defying an election is not a requirement for something to be a coup, as the previous comment was suggesting. A legitimately elected official seizing more power than they are legally entitled to is a form of coup.