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A few times this year in the US at the federal level, for starters.

One could argue that every peaceful transition of power is the current government giving up power to the next government.

Even Roe v. Wade was a “giving up” of power by the federal government to guarantee a right to abortion nationally.

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Does revoking a previous ruling really count as giving up power? The government had the power to say this is banned. They still have the power to say this isnt banned. It doesnt seem like any power has been lost. They just decided to use it in another way. They could change the decision tomorrow. That wouldnt be any more or less power. They are still using it to enforce their rulings.

Yes, removing a limitation counts as giving up power.

But they havnt given anything up. They changed their ruling. They can change it again and have that, “power” again.

The power isnt the limitation. It's the ability to implement or remove a limitation. They havnt given that up.

They gave up the power to forcibly allow abortions. The "government" doesn't operate as a monolith, the executive branch now cannot universally do pro-choice related things.

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