@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agoTikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive orderapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkTikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive orderapnews.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-24 months agoUhhh, Trump is literally the executive. He just commands the FCC or other authorities to ignore TikTok. He can extend this ban evasion for all 4 years if he wants. Congress and Supreme Court do not control the executive powers. The President does.
minus-squareBeej JorgensenlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoDoes the FCC have the discretion to do that after Chevron, I wonder?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoDoesn’t matter; SCOTUS is controlled by “unitary executive theory” nutjobs now. The FCC can do whatever Trump wants it to do; no more, no less.
Uhhh, Trump is literally the executive.
He just commands the FCC or other authorities to ignore TikTok. He can extend this ban evasion for all 4 years if he wants.
Congress and Supreme Court do not control the executive powers. The President does.
Does the FCC have the discretion to do that after Chevron, I wonder?
Doesn’t matter; SCOTUS is controlled by “unitary executive theory” nutjobs now. The FCC can do whatever Trump wants it to do; no more, no less.