What is Plenary Authority?

Plenary authority refers to a single government official having absolute power on a particular matter.

According to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, in the U.S., it is recognised as “complete power over a particular area with no limitations”.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    Couldn’t find an article with video, but here’s the clip:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFMzhAvSyyg

    It’s not just disconcerting that he said the president has full and unmitigated authority…

    It’s that after he said it, he realized his best move was to fucking pretend he froze. That’s how real it is, he just isn’t supposed to say it yet

    And since CNN refused to press it and went along with an obvious fake freeze, they get an obligatory: Fuck CNN.