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  2. Congressional oversight - Wikipedia

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    Oversight is an implied rather than an enumerated power under the U.S. Constitution. [3] The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, to have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.

  3. Patriot Act - Wikipedia

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    The Patriot Act was enacted in direct response to the September 11 attacks on the United States, and the 2001 anthrax attacks, with the stated goal of dramatically strengthening national security. On October 23, 2001, U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced House bill H.R. 3162, which incorporated provisions from a previously ...

  4. Civilian oversight of law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    According to the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE): "Sometimes referred to as citizen oversight, civilian review, external review and citizen review boards (Walker 2001; Alpert et al. 2016), this form of police accountability is often focused on allowing non-police actors to provide input into the police department’s operations, often with a focus on the ...

  5. Nebraska, the conservative majority was concerned by the administrative state going beyond the powers Congress intended to delegate. James W. Pfister: Congressional intent, the administrative ...

  6. Title II of the Patriot Act - Wikipedia

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    The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It has ten titles, each containing numerous sections. Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures granted increased powers of surveillance to various government agencies and bodies.

  7. Presidential reorganization authority - Wikipedia

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    The customary method by which agencies of the United States government are created, abolished, consolidated, or divided is through an act of Congress. [2] The presidential reorganization authority essentially delegates these powers to the president for a defined period of time, permitting the President to take those actions by decree. [3]

  8. Government watchdogs will lose some ethics oversight powers ...

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    She said she had concerns that in some jurisdictions “the self-initiation powers are or could be politicized and weaponized.” “All too often the current process is weaponized by bad actors ...

  9. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    The power of the presidency has grown since the 1970s due to key events and to Congress or the Courts not being willing or able to rein in presidential power. [82] With strong incentives to grow their own power, presidents of both parties became natural advocates for the theory [20] and rarely gave up powers exercised by their predecessors. [36]