Oct 17, 2026, 10:21 AM@Remittancegirl Of course that's not what executive orders are for.
- Oct 17, 2026, 10:21 AM
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Madeleine MorrisRemittancegirl@mstdn.socialOct 17, 2026, 10:23 AM@ariaflame Apparently executive orders are whatever the president of the US deems them to be.
If the Dems take back control of the House and the Senate, they should ammend the constitution to codify this. But they won't. I fear they will just go back to pretending things are normal.
- Oct 17, 2026, 10:25 AM
@Remittancegirl I mean they are only directives to departments. They don't get to contravene the law. But since he doesn't actually care what is illegal and nobody is holding him to account, it doesn't matter. If the constitution said he couldn't do it he wouldn't care either. After all, he's doing things that are forbidden by that as well.
- Madeleine MorrisRemittancegirl@mstdn.socialOct 17, 2026, 10:26 AM
@ariaflame True, but if it were codified in the constitution, even the current supreme court would have problems upholding it. (not all the members, but a majority)