§outh§tar said:I don't think that your example is any different from a scenario where he would be backed by the supreme court too.
Slippery slopes make me fall.
Except that the Supreme court would be able to step in and say that such powers can not be granted as per the constitutional definition of executive powers.
Asguard is exactly right. If the Congress and the current Executive both agree on a radical abuse of their own power (quite likely, being that many presidents are part of the legislative branch at some time, and of course come from one of really only two parties) who's to stop radical abuses from going through? What if the congress and the President want to vote in the power to nullify the electorate's voting rights? What if the legislature simply bypasses executive approval and does away with the executive branch all together? Who could stop such a thing if there were no agency with the power of oversight?
I really can’t see how any American government flunkey could possibly be taking extrasense seriously, his proposal does nothing but clear the way for the sort of tyranny that he seems to irrationally fear from the judiciary.