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ScratchCat

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3. Okay, if the POTUS doesn't have the power

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:35 PM

Jan 28

Then the order is null and void and can't be followed. It doesn't take a court to say this.

What am I missing? Why wont people just stand up and say these order are not within the scope of the powers of The Executive Branch and say they are void?

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Senator Murphy on Trump freezing federal loans and grants: This is what a king does. This is not how a democracy works. [View all] highplainsdem Jan 28 OP

STOP referring to Trump as a "king" He is a effing tyrant! nt Jit423 Jan 28 #1

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Dictator from Day 1 on. yorkster Jan 28 #2

Okay, if the POTUS doesn't have the power ScratchCat Jan 28 #3

no kidding samsingh Jan 28 #5

Dump: Of course I'm not a king. I'M A FUCKING EMPEROR! sakabatou Jan 28 #6