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Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies (www.lawfaremedia.org)
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FOIA.

The Justice Department is advancing a radical theory of presidential power, nullifying Congress’s foreign affairs powers whenever the president finds them inconvenient.

These letters provide a legal rationale (if it can be called that) for the Trump administration’s commitment not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACAA), the divestment-or-ban law that the Supreme Court upheld in January. The letters make two central claims, both of which are astonishing in their breadth and implications for executive power.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There was a lot about this in Boardwalk Empire. I ain't too learned but I think the creators were trying to be somewhat accurate