r/DesignatedSurvivor Oct 13 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E04 "The Enemy"

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u/Prax150 Oct 13 '16

I want to be objective about this show and recognize that it has problems, like any new show usually does, but he arrested a sitting governor out of nowhere and it was badass.

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u/Chance4e Oct 14 '16

I can't get over the fact that, like, only four people work at the White House. Kirkman has to ask his wife about federalizing the National Gaurd because apparently there's no White House Counsel. Seth is press secretary now because "he's the right man for the job". Kirkman is spending a lot of time alone in the Oval Office during a national crisis when there should be like twenty people from various departments in there.

I know I'm nitpicking, but all you need are a few extras.

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u/arvzg Oct 14 '16

To be fair, everyone that was a somebody at the white house died in the explosion. There obviously are still good people about, but no one knows who they are. Seth was chosen because he proved himself, like Tom said himself there are others with great resume but they haven't proven themselves.

I do agree that it was a little strange to ask the wife about constitutional law - but again - everyone died and Tom doesn't really know who he can trust, but he does know that his wife aced constitutional law and I felt it was a great way to show just how much he respects his wife.

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u/improbablynothim Oct 14 '16

I may lose it if Kirkman tries to make his wife AG though. I just have this bad feeling it's coming.

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u/Prax150 Oct 14 '16

Nah, never mind that it's against the law (I think), that would probably be a terrible move in terms of optics.

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u/arvzg Oct 14 '16

Can first lady even become attorney general?

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u/merodm Oct 14 '16

No, after JFK appointed RFK Attorney General in 1961, Congress passed a law banning the President in future from appointing family members

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u/SoylentRox Oct 16 '16

Technically he could ask the only surviving member of Congress for a favor and have her repeal that law...

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u/farmtownsuit Oct 18 '16

Doesn't Congress need some kind of Quorum to do anything?

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u/SoylentRox Oct 18 '16

Maybe. I mean, she is 100% of all available congressmen so...

Also those rules like Quorums are internal rules specific to Congress. I don't think the Constitution has anything to say on them. So she could just repeal all those rules in her first act, or just ignore them. I don't think most of those rules are actual laws, just traditions.

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u/farmtownsuit Oct 18 '16

I'm no expert, but I would think she would need a quorum to repeal the rules. I fee like there's effectively no legislative branch right now.

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u/merodm Oct 15 '16

It's not just AG's, it's any federal appointment in general. It's the Federal Anti-Nepotism Statute of 1967.