Comment on Unfortunate Development for Duke Poop'Em

• OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i think it’s that we’re arguing from different perspectives. for most people, a law is a regulation is a procedure is an executive order. they all carry about the same weight. when you actually deal with legal specifics the differences matter but to most folk they’re cinnamon rolls.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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