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How is the executive branch directing a department under their authority a coup? Please be specific.

• anigbrowl 2y ago
  Because they're simply upending/ignoring Congressional mandates in the form of law. For example, Congress directed the creation of USAID as an independent agency in 1961. It cannot simply be abolished by executive fiat.
  • Hizonner 2y ago
    Actually in 1961 it was purely an executive thing. I think it was either 1978 or 1998 when Congress put it into statute.
    • anigbrowl 2y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development#Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_Inter... Sadly one of the references in that paragraph is a dead link now, because it references the USAID website which has been taken offline.
  • gonzoflip 2y ago
    >abolished That doesn't seem to have happened, it looks like Rubio is now in charge of it. So again, how is this a coup?