He doesn't have the authority to shut it down, this power belongs to congress. Whether or not you agree with eliminating this department, you should want the law to be followed and the enumerated constitutional powers respected.
False on both counts. Supreme Court can hear a case on it and block it if they wish, and congress can fail to impeach, but it doesn't mean he isn't breaking the law. He took an oath to follow the constitution. He is breaking that oath. He is a flagrant criminal and an out of control president. If you agree with this, you are as unamerican as he is.
The President is not some automaton who has to keep departments running because Congress created the department. He has lots of leeway and decision making power. In this case, ED was not completely shut down, its functions were severely reduced. Which the President has authority to do.
I think shutting ED down is good. They overreached by putting their tentacles into how moral and social processes at the local school and college level were run. Good riddance. Let the states run things like the constitution intended. That's what following the constitution is about.
Running departments that congress created is exactly what executive branch's job is! That's the US system of government and very much what the constitution about.
This is an overreach of presidential power and anyone who cares about law and order should oppose it. If you want the ED shut down, then get congress to do it. Republicans control both houses, so why not do it the legal way?
The way the run the departments is up to the President is my point. Here, the President decided it would be best to cut down the ED as much as possible. Doing it via Congress would in all likelihood be impossible, Congress cannot get anything done these days, so the best way to get it done is via executive order.
He's said publicly, more than once, that he intends to shut it down. This is not a case of the president working within the leeway of his office and making small changes. He said he was going to shut it down and then made actions to do just that. It is an overreach of presential power. Congress not working well is not an excuse, any more than robbing someone is ok because you needed cash and the lineup for the bank was too long. The ends don't justify the means.
This is part of what he was directly elected to do, and he is doing what he can with the powers he has to do what he was elected to do. Everyone knows Congress won’t get it done, so good governance would be to route around Congress to do it, and so it’s a good excuse.
Both my children have greatly benefited from the ED due to disabilities. Likely without it they would not be in college right now. Pell grants ensured that I could afford college. But apparently you are unaware of any of these things that the ED does. This is the definition of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. None of this is legal, and I sincerely doubt if people actually knew what ED does they would support this travesty. Either way, do it legally, or get out of my country, you fascist.
