Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by taylodl on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:07PM
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The judicial branch can't prosecute, that's what the executive branch does, and it's the executive branch that's doing these things. The legislative branch has the power to keep the executive branch in check, but they're not exercising that power - which I'm saying is bordering on criminal. Obviously, the executive branch is unlikely to prosecute the legislative branch for not taking action against the executive branch. Our constitution has the implicit assumption that all three branches wouldn't be in cahoots with one another, and should they be, the electorate was expected to have enough sense to vote out the legislators and replace them with ones that would keep the executive in check. The million dollar question is how much pain and destruction will be endured until that happens?
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Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by WOTERMEON on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:49PM
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4 years of it, if I remember correctly
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by taylodl on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:22PM
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Two years - Congress is replaced every two years. 1/3 of the Senate is replaced every two years. Given that they've only been in office for two weeks, two years seems like a long way off.
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by pseudalopex on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:34PM
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House not Congress. Elected not replaced. It is unlikely enough senators will be replaced in 2026.
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by lazyasciiart on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:06PM
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Arrests don’t need prosecutors involved unless they need a warrant.
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by tsimionescu on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:04PM
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Arrests need warrants. And if you're thinking about the police, that's also part of the executive, mostly. Judges can't do anything unless some other branch of the government asks them to.
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:10PM
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> Arrests need warrants.
Arrests need probable cause. They can either be done on a warrant or without a warrant (in the latter case, in the federal system, a complaint must be filed and the arrested person must be brought before a magistrate for a hearing on probable cause within 72 hours after arrest.)
Re:Payments Crisis of 2025: Doge Have "Read-Write" Access to...
by lazyasciiart on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:29PM
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Not even a little bit, do you think a judge gets involved before someone is arrested for a DUI? Or trespassing, simple assault, shoplifting, etc?