What an asshole.
It’s time for the military to fulfill their oaths.
“Interpret” = make up.
yes that’s pretty much how dictators would interpret it
yes that’s pretty much how dictators would interpret it
No need for law experts anymore. Just ask Donnie.
In 2018, the U.S. Code was about 60,000 pages long and contained 54 volumes. How is he going to run a country when he has to interpret all of that.
One of these days you would think one of the other powerful people in one of the other branches of government would get upset at this stuff.
“Does it make me less wealthy? No? Carry on.”
Is KY available at the government office or do I need to bring it with me to see Mr government?
Also, could Mr.Government please do the DMV too? Fuck it up real good for all of us please! Fire everyone who works there, delete the data, etc. I mean “fix it” real good for us please!
Oh I see, so not the House, Congress, or the Supreme court… gotcha…
So, when is military coup to remove orange turd?
So, when is military coup
Right after the civilian one.
Civvies have to start it, When the government calls in the military to stop it, the military has to refuse and back the civvies.
I’m not placing those odds as particularly likely.
when is military coup to remove orange turd?
When the sun rises in the west. Or when he tries to cut the pentagon budget
The military isn’t some saint patron of the state.
That’s his next executive order making that illegal.
Oh, look at that; another Project 2025 itemticked off on the list.
That must just be a coincidence, because he’s never heard of project 2025
What are Americans waiting to get him off the throne he’s created for himself ?
His 24/7 security presents significant challenges to being able to do that.
Half of the country isn’t even paying attention somehow
Tell me about it. Every time I bring up Trump and all the damage he’s doing to the country outside of social media, people look at me like I’m a raving lunatic. Most Americans literally have no clue what’s happening.
And then it got worse.
He has already shown himself completely unqualified to interpret or follow laws.
Is this enough of a coup for a general strike yet? Or are you still waiting to see how it pans out?
They are waiting for another Luigi and then just watch.
In other words, more evidence that this is a coup.
So, my understanding was prior to 1984 if a law was unclear, the courts would get involved and clarify. However, sometimes the courts wanted something that the writers of the law didn’t want, and that thing was different from the current congress, which in of itself different from what the president wanted, which even could be different from what the independent executive branch department heads wanted.
This all came to a head with Chevron. In Chevron, anything unclear in a congressional law that applied to a executive branch’s mission was left up to the head of that department which in a way was controlled by who the president nominated. In that way, if congress left something vague that meant the courts, congress, and the president all agreed that the head of the particular department in the executive branch got to decide it.
This peace lasted up until Loper in the end of 2024 under Biden. In it, the Supreme court said basically “If something is unclear, it is the courts and not the executive branch” that got to interpret the law. Not wanting to overturn 40 years of regulation, the courts said “anything made under Chevron is still good, but that stops now”, most likely since they thought Biden was going to win again and they wanted to take away his power.
Now this EO is saying “No, lol, Loper doesn’t mater. No one but the president himself (and DOGE) can interpret the law.” At least both Loper and Trump agree that THE REGULATORS can’t make new regulations. And because SCOTUS didn’t really want that job, and Trump doesn’t want to do anything, don’t expect any new regulations for the next 4 years.
My guess is that the reason they bothered with this, rather than leaving it with the courts, is that this version would allow Trump to abruptly reverse the things that were previously decided under Chevron deference.
