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Comment Re:Ever read the constitution? (Score 1) 74

And, actually, the Constitution goes out of it's way to explain in Article 1 that the legislative branch is where regulatory authority comes from, delegated to the executive to ... execute on.

So if Congress says it's an independent body, it's an independent body as declared by statute. And SCOTUS has upheld that independent agencies are a thing - see: Federal Reserve Bank.

Comment Re:Ever read the constitution? (Score 1) 74

So explain the FED then, and why it would be a good thing to have monetary policy be a political football.

Oh wait, they are an independent agency, as confirmed by SCOTUS, are they not?

It's all fun and games until you fuck with the money. Then we learn where the real laws are.

Comment Re:Independent from whom? (Score 1) 74

Well, it's Congress's responsibility to protect their turf. They delegated this regulatory authority to the administrative, so they get to conduct oversight of that authority.

Which means that if you want to actually see functional government oversight, DO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN.

Comment Re:well (Score 3, Interesting) 74

The commissioners of the FED are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
Every single federal judge is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

That clearly doesn't preclude independence of operation from the President. Or are you saying that monetary policy and the justice system should be beholden to an all-powerful leader who has no fucking clue what he's doing too?

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