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banananor posted...

question- I'm not familiar with Gundy v United states

How familiar are you with it?

This is my first time hearing about it and I'm still reading into it. The gist is that it centers around a sex offender who failed to register in multiple states. He ran afoul of a law passed after his crimes, because Congress delegated some aspects to the Attorney General, who decided it applied retroactively. The courts decided this was reasonable for congress to delegate.

The article's tone is pretty dire but in general I think I agree with the claim that requiring specific legislation would make agencies less efficient, because our legislative system is already extremely obstructionist and slow to react.

Plus I think it is very troubling that conservative judges (or at least the Trump appointed ones) tend to argue for MORE executive power directly to the President, but are arguing for LESS executive power to these other branches of it. This is a theme within the GOP as a whole, which is also how we get people like Barr, who is very clearly in favor of maximum chief executive power. The Trump admin has also been quietly hampering government agencies with bad appointments and doing things like moving HQs across the country to get people to quit, so. It doesn't add up to me.

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