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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Waivers

Open Question to the group – If Congress passes a law (health care for example) by what authority does the executive branch have the power to say that some entities do not have to follow the law?

Posted by Tom at 7:24 AM

3 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 24, 2010 at 7:54 AM

    I would think that the authority would have to be included in the law or some other act of Congress.

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  2. RobNovember 24, 2010 at 8:39 AM

    It seems hard to argue with Wayne's answer. And it seems like a no-brainer that this kind of exception-making should be kept to an absolute minimum, if it's done at all.

    (I suppose the idea of the Presidential pardon does sort of accomplish this, but that's a narrower circumstance than Tom is asking about I think.)

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  3. TomNovember 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    My gut feel, and hope, is that Wayne is correct.

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