Gilmore case...Who can make laws?
J.A. Terranson
measl at mfn.org
Tue Sep 7 08:30:15 PDT 2004
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Hum. Another wrinkle in this thing occurred to me here, though I'm sure
> various Cypherpunks will (rightly) declare me naive.
>
> This describes the "Government" as creating secret laws. But, theoretically,
> only the congress and the Senate can create new laws, correct?
Incorrect. There are serveral backdoors. The POTUS can issue a
Presidential Finding, and said "finding" effectively creates a "law".
The SCOTUS can make laws as well, also by issuing findings, although they
are then called "decisions" :-/
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J.A. Terranson
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