Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight-year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable.
  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    How would he “illegally introduce a new law”? He could issue a decree but it would be meaningless because nothing gives a president the power to make laws.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Read more carefully:

        The president can issue executive orders pursuant to a grant of discretion from Congress, or under the inherent powers that office holds to deal with certain matters which have the force of law.

        Executive orders are limited to exercising powers already granted to the President by Congress or the Constitution. The President cannot just make up new laws. This is basic stuff that should have been explained to you numerous times if you’re American.