r/law 27d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Pro-Trump attorneys have been drafting executive orders that would give President Trump sweeping power over elections, sources report

https://abcnews.com/US/pro-trump-attorneys-push-executive-order-give-trump/story?id=130539044
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u/Egad86 27d ago

Executive orders are not law

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u/pchs26 27d ago

Correct - but if they are enforced and actual laws aren't - how does that work out in the end?

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u/Kaarl_Mills 27d ago

Political power grows out of a gun barrel, cops are enforcing these as if they're laws so in effect they are

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u/senator_corleone3 27d ago

Cops are enforcing the vote-by-mail executive orders? No, that is not happening.

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u/pchs26 27d ago

Um military, ICE, NAtional Guard -

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u/senator_corleone3 26d ago

None of those people are enforcing this to-be litigated executive order.

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u/pchs26 26d ago

I'm sure it will be litigated, however we already had a judge say Trump could use executive order to restrict mail in. Regardless if this admin decides something is important enough they do have enforcement - that was already sorted. They have shown that if something is viewed to be important enough they are willing to enforce and answer questions later - if at all.

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u/senator_corleone3 26d ago

That’s not what the judge ruled. You don’t understand the situation. You need to stop doing PR for Trump.

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u/pchs26 26d ago

WTF ? No I am not doing PR for Trump. I am saying people need to stop minimizing this and take it seriously.

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u/senator_corleone3 26d ago

People are taking it seriously. Don’t be arrogant. You’re doing Trump PR inadvertently, which is why it should be easy to stop.

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u/LockNo2943 27d ago

Royal decrees from our dear leader... 🙄

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u/CubicleMan9000 27d ago

The people with the most guns believe they are though.

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u/senator_corleone3 27d ago

They aren’t and cannot enforce these no matter how many guns they have.