Um, the Department of Justice is organized under the direction of the President which is why the President is responsible for appointing them..if the Department goes against the Presidents wishes then the President can either out right fire them or reduce their operating budget the next fiscal year..the case is ripe for an Anti-trust lawsuit like Trump said..Obama and Clinton aren't going to block it though because they are funded by both companies..but Trump isnt:Shawltrump:
I didn't say anything about the department going against Trump. I said he can threaten to sue all he wants, that doesn't mean he has the outright power to block the agreement, because as president he does not have that unilateral power.
The FCC commissioners are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate after expiration of their terms. Even under the wink wink presidential powers, this is a long stretch. This is all talk because Trump has no shot of winning the election anyway, but if you think he can walk into the FCC offices and just tell commissioners (three of them are democrats by the way) he didn't nominate to block the deal, go right ahead.
Clearly you dont understand how the system works..Newly selected Presidents appoint whoever they want to head bureaucracies (with Senate confirmation) like the FCC so obviously Trump wouldnt be dealing with 3 democrats if he was indeed selected...And of course Trump has no shot of winning, the elites and big corporations didnt fund his campaign...
Man I don't give a fukk about that corporate contribution shyt. I never brought it up and it was never a point I made. So sit your illiterate ass down with that.
As a lawyer, my only point was about constitutional powers of the president. All that other shyt you brought up is a separate point I did not raise. So again, all you said meant nothing towards my original point. Damn.
Constitutional powers get expanded by each president everyday B...As a lawyer you should understand that in this situation the President has legal means to block these type of deals..Of course it is not implicit in the constitution however there is precedence...As a lawyer you should be familiar with cases involving Standard Oil, AT&T, Microsoft, and Kodak in which the President directed his administration to block multi billion dollar mergers using Anti-trust laws
Gotta disagree on Obama being weak on mergers. He's been pretty strong on fighting large mergers. Hillary would be weak because she's completely bought and sold but she does move like grass in the wind if you push her enough. Trump to his credit had been consistent on this even though his own business practices make it seem like lip service.
His admin blocked Comcast/TWC, At&t/T-Mobile, and Pfizer/Allergen. And they've all donated to him. I'd wait and see what happens here and if it skips to the next admin. Like I said Hillary would look the other way unless there was a really hard opposition.
Good point, Obama will probably just let the clock run out and pass it down to hillary if no moves are made to block it in the next couple of weeks...See @MustafaSTL like I was saying the President has the power to block mergers..
