Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
thenewgreen · 4082 days ago · link · · parent · post: Obama To Congress: With Or Without You : It's All Politics : NPR
The problem is, politicians use things like climate change feet dragging as a means by which to justify asserting new powers. Once climate change is no longer the cause at hand, the precedent for these powers exists for executive abuse.
user-inactivated · 4082 days ago · link ·
I've never bought into the slippery-slope-to-1984 argument. Also, Nah. He's just talking executive orders or some such, which are old news and have various drawbacks. There won't be any "new powers"; I feel that's sensationalism of sorts.a means by which to justify asserting new powers