Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order

Post by alickz » Fri, May 02, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

whoknew1122 wrote: post #115

mathgeek wrote: post #9

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> You have a President who is ordering the defunding of tons of groups (universities, media, aid, institutes) while not clearly having that authority and often doing so for what he views as ideological crimes. It’s important to remember that while the President issues the orders, there are other actors behind the scenes writing them for him. They have goals that go beyond a single man considering ideological crimes.

I'm not sure how important that is to remember. The president is issuing the orders. The president is chief executive of the country. The president can't pawn off responsibility to some White House staffer or think tank. An executive order is the president's order. Is it useful to look at the people who wrote or lobbied for the order? Perhaps if you want to want to understand the context of an order. But none of that…

Post by ziddoap » Fri, May 02, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

laborcontract wrote: post #97

mcpeepants wrote: post #33

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> this is a time where our system of checks and balances can come to shine why do you think that, all things considered?

Because we've seen federal courts unafraid to repudiate unilateral executive force. Why don't you think that, all things considered?

Post by exmicrosoldier » Fri, May 02, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

bhouston wrote: post #3

The US is so weird right now. You have a President who is ordering the defunding of tons of groups (universities, media, aid, institutes) while not clearly having that authority and often doing so for what he views as ideological crimes. Also arresting and trying to deport people for things that are not clearly crimes (newspaper op-eds, etc) and without due process. Very strange times. Right now I have some faith the…

Post by threetonesun » Fri, May 02, 2025, 2:22 PM UTC

gkolli wrote: post #5

hadrien01 wrote: post #2

I suppose this is in response to this executive order: ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/endi... I would add that PBS has this to say about public media funding: > The U.S. is almost literally off the chart for how little we allocate towards our public media. At the federal level, it comes out to a little over $1.50 per person per year. Compare that…

This part of the EO is peculiar: “The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall determine whether “the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio (or any successor organization)” are complying with the statutory mandate that “no person shall be subjected to discrimination in employment . . . on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.” 47 U.S.C. 397(15), 398(b). In the event of a f…

Post by vel0city » Fri, May 02, 2025, 2:22 PM UTC

Vegenoid wrote: post #121

mcpeepants wrote: post #33

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> this is a time where our system of checks and balances can come to shine why do you think that, all things considered?

Well, it’s an opportunity for the system to prove that it can prevent even a president with a large support base from making America fascist. I gather from your comment that you are pessimistic, but regardless of likelihoods, this is the kind of situation where checks and balances could prevent some very bad things from happening. We shall see.