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OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip 4 hours agoI 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
if something has the force of law, it’s a law analogue and you’re arguing sophistry.
OldManWithACane@lemmy.zip 4 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours 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.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 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.