Comment on Unfortunate Development for Duke Poop'Em

Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  executive orders are still law, they just carry less weight than legislative writ. it’s complicated.

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  • OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I hate to be the Akshually guy but they’re truly not laws. They’re directives for the federal agencies under the control of the executive branch. They have the " force of law " (assuming they’re aligned with the constitutional authority of the president) but they’re not laws.

    They don’t create crimes, do budgets, or override congress.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      if something has the force of law, it’s a law analogue and you’re arguing sophistry.

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      • OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m not though. They’re truly different things and I promise I’m not arguing in bad faith.

        The differences I mentioned are material, especially that an executive order cannot arbitrarily criminalize something.

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      • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We gonna find out but they’ve also just straight up stolen cash from the government so its gonna be fun*, fam.

        *fun as in lets cut the wire on a bomb and hope it turns off.

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