Comment by ipython
2 hours ago
So the DoW should have the ability to perform mass surveillance on American citizens?
Mind you, that is not the DoW’s charter. How would a restriction on that be “unfit” as you say?
The DoW is perfectly within their rights not to purchase anthropic products. That’s different than labeling them a supply chain risk.
The DOW should (and does) have ability to do anything and everything that Congress has said they can do.
So, for example, if Congress says the military can require the entire domestic population to be Catholic and kill anyone who isn't... ?
That's not how it works.
Congress can do that, can't it? Why can't it? It could declare all competing religions as terrorist organisations.
Obviously it'd be immoral, unorthadox and impractical but I expect Congress has a long history of promoting and stamping out ideologies and they can do it. What little I know about the civil rights era springs to mind.
It actually is, and this is why there are separate judicial, executive and legislative branches to put those checks and balances on each other instead.
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Congress cannot do anything the Supreme Court says they cannot do