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by carefulfungi 491 days ago
Why do MAGA conservatives cheer the over-turning of Chevron, dramatically limiting the executive branch's power to interpret law, while also simultaneously cheering Trump's initiative to seize Congress's power of the purse?

What's the internal logic that rationalizes executive regulatory power being unconstitutional with a legal presidential power to unilaterally ignore Congress's funding allocations?

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Most Americans, whether on the left or right, have no real idea how government works, what branch has what powers, and more importantly why.

They have no understanding of history, of how important such separation of power are.

In such context, it is easy to see the logic. They have no idea the relevance, only that their team likes the outcome.