Loyalty Creep

Loyalty Creep: (1) The return and/or expansion of loyalty to a past authority figure who currently occupies/d a new public office with no valid governing authority (such as the Vice President). (2) The apparent expansion of authority conferred to a public official for being the first in the line of succession - even though their current/past public office has no valid governing authority.

References: Did Dick Cheney Overextend His Authority? (MSNBC Hardball), Rollover Authority, Dick Cheney and Mission Creep.




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Rollover Authority

Rollover Authority: (1) The tacit acceptance of the authority of a public official due to a previous position of authority in government, administration, politics, bureaucracy and the like - even though their current office confers no valid governing authority (such as the Vice President). (2) The tacit acceptance of the authority of said official for being the first in the line of succession - even though their current office confers no valid governing authority.

This term arose out of Chris Matthew's interesting speculation(s) on the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney had no real authority giving orders to the CIA. It is remembered that Mr. Cheney was a former Secretary of Defense (17th) and a minority whip and that memories of this may have conferred some authority upon him through 'loyalty creep' (a suggested form of Mission Creep).

References: Did Dick Cheney Overextend His Authority? (MSNBC Hardball), Line of Succession, Dick Cheney, Mission Creep and Loyalty Creep.





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