The only entity that "passes" laws in this country is Congress.
You mean via executive order? That's not exactly passing a law.
The only entity that "passes" laws in this country is Congress.
You mean via executive order? That's not exactly passing a law.
Your language more accurately reflects how the US government is supposed to operate, and that's important, we'd all be better off if people remembered that the government has a number of branches with different responsibilities, actually kept track of who controls each, and otherwise understood the system.
It's also more or less true that the Biden administration took more responsibility and initiative in antitrust enforcement:
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/10/02/biden-ftc-antitrust-...
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-biden-administration...
Executive orders can effectively kneecap any efforts to put laws into effect, as we can see almost daily since 20. January 2025.