No. I think almost all of his executive orders have been things only congress does. No one is really stopping him from pumping hundreds of them out. Also, he’s trying to pressure a private company through executive order in this case. They can say “fuck no.” And they should say “fuck no.”
Comment on Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Okay, so under normal circumstances, is this something the president is allowed to do, or is this something that should be congress’ decision? Because it feels like the latter.
This is just super disappointing. PBS has some really great programming.
werewolfborg@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Judges can make rulings “blocking” Trump’s actions. But he ignores those rulings and keeps on going.
At some point, push will come to shove; meaning, these judicial rulings will have to be enforced, somehow.
There’s not really a good vehicle for enforcing the law on rogue presidents. Unless someone is willing to physically arrest and detain him, possibly muscling past secret service in order to (attempt to) do so.
If someone will be willing to enforce the law, and can successfully do so, the Constitution may be saved.
If not, we de facto have a king, regardless of de jure court rulings.
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
That’s kind of the problem with the courts is that they have no enforcement mechanism. They rely on the executive branch consenting to their ruling, not flipping the bird at it. The only recourse at this point is for Congress to impeach him. We all know how that would go…
fox@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
The courts have no mechanism to enforce their decisions except the executive, so there’s no check on the executive misbehaving if Congress decided to not remove him from office for ignoring the courts, and since Congress is complicit nothing will be done unless some radicalized shooter aims slightly more to the left next time.
Rodneyck@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
And thus enters the fine line of being a tyrant. I never vote for the two-party/uni-party system, but is quite amusing to see the outcomes destroy democracy from both sides. Amusing in the most terrifying way.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just another court battle. Trump is making lawyers rich again.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
This is a favorite GOP trick. They get elected and pass laws they know will be challenged. Because they are the government they can fund the fight with taxpayer money, while the Left has to fund raise. As a bonus, every dollar that goes to the Left lawyers means a dollar that doesn’t go to a candidate.
tgpe@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It has guaranteed funding through 2027 by Congress, so no.
adarza@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
and the cpb was set up by congress specifically in a way that denies the president the ability to do shit like this.
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Let’s see if it actually plays out that way in practice