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threeseed02/19/20251 replyview on HN

You keep arguing the same point in this thread. So let’s make it simple.

If Congress or the SCOTUS says do A and the President says do B then the Executive Branch are required to do B.

That’s an unprecedented situation.


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giantg202/19/2025

"That’s an unprecedented situation."

It's simply untrue is what it is. EOs are subject to judicial review and are only valid if there's a congressional or constitutional basis. You can't grant yourself extra powers outside of the existing framework, which the EO doesn't even claim to do. Again, other EOs don't have the framework enumerated in them and have been found to be invalid. There's plenty of case law one can look at.

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