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minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoluckily the country doesn’t run on executive orders like a dictatorship and we have judges saying things like that still…
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoThe first couple might but eventually it will get before the supreme court and it will get rubber stamped
minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agooh i’m not holding my breath
minus-squareLoss@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·2 months agoI mean, it does. And it always has. The executive ultimately has all the power as both other branches have failed to maintain armed forces of their own to enforce the checks and balances.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agothe armed forces are trained to disobey illegal orders
minus-squareLoss@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoYeah, I’m sure they’ll feel great when they’re killed by someone that doesn’t think it’s an illegal order.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agothey don’t just shoot people for not doing things…
luckily the country doesn’t run on executive orders like a dictatorship and we have judges saying things like that still…
The first couple might but eventually it will get before the supreme court and it will get rubber stamped
depressing but realistic
This week.
oh i’m not holding my breath
I mean, it does. And it always has. The executive ultimately has all the power as both other branches have failed to maintain armed forces of their own to enforce the checks and balances.
the armed forces are trained to disobey illegal orders
Yeah, I’m sure they’ll feel great when they’re killed by someone that doesn’t think it’s an illegal order.
they don’t just shoot people for not doing things…