Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, which have faced a series of attacks from the White House and Republican lawmakers accusing them of biased reporting.
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Okay, so under normal circumstances, is this something the president is allowed to do, or is this something that should be congress' decision? Because it feels like the latter.
This is just super disappointing. PBS has some really great programming.
It has guaranteed funding through 2027 by Congress, so no.
and the cpb was set up by congress specifically in a way that denies the president the ability to do shit like this.
Let's see if it actually plays out that way in practice
No. I think almost all of his executive orders have been things only congress does. No one is really stopping him from pumping hundreds of them out whether or not they’re even allowed to work. Also, he’s trying to pressure a private company through executive order in this case. They can say “fuck no.” And they should say “fuck no.”
Judges can and have been issuing rulings “blocking” Trump’s actions. But he ignores those rulings and keeps on going.
At some point, push will come to shove; meaning, these judicial rulings will have to be enforced, somehow.
There’s not really a good vehicle for enforcing the law on rogue presidents. Unless someone is willing to physically arrest and detain him, possibly muscling past secret service in order to (attempt to) do so, they won’t be enforced at all.
If someone will be willing to enforce the law, and can successfully do so, the Constitution may be saved.
If not, we de facto have a king, regardless of de jure court rulings.
That’s kind of the problem with the courts is that they have no enforcement mechanism. They rely on the executive branch consenting to their ruling, not flipping the bird at it. The only recourse at this point is for Congress to impeach him. We all know how that would go…
And thus enters the fine line of being a tyrant. I never vote for the two-party/uni-party system, but is quite amusing to see the outcomes destroy democracy from both sides. Amusing in the most terrifying way.
Just another court battle. Trump is making lawyers rich again.