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StarfishSaver

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5. He could create one

Reply to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Tue May 18, 2021, 10:38 PM

May 2021

If he wanted it to be anything more than an advisory commission with a very limited budget and no subpoena authority, he'd have to get Congressional authorization and appropriations. It would be pretty much a non-starter if done by executive order.

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Can President Biden create a 1/6 commission by Executive Order? nt [View all] Progressive Jones May 2021 OP

I doubt it. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #1

Why not? Dan May 2021 #2

Just think Elessar Zappa May 2021 #3

See my edit. Dan May 2021 #4

The Warren Commission was authorized by a joint resolution of Congress StarfishSaver May 2021 #6

Let see.... Dan May 2021 #7

If you're going to use Wikipedia as a source StarfishSaver May 2021 #9

always nice to see FACTS interjected into pure speculation... thanks SS WarGamer May 2021 #14

He could create one StarfishSaver May 2021 #5

Okay, I accept that Dan May 2021 #8

Congress has already gotten things started StarfishSaver May 2021 #10

As long as the ball is rolling... Dan May 2021 #11

I was thinking about the resistance to this from the GOP. Progressive Jones May 2021 #16

Or the AG? 2naSalit May 2021 #12

That Would Be a Grand Jury, Sir The Magistrate May 2021 #13

President' Commission on Campus Unrest (Scranton Commission), 1970 lastlib May 2021 #15

True. But these kinds of Presidential Commissions are usually only advisory StarfishSaver May 2021 #17