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He's calling executive actions unconstitutional. Let's hope he sticks to that.
by scosman 10y ago
He's calling executive actions unconstitutional. Let's hope he sticks to that.
- Smaug123 10y agoNo, it's describing the actions he's going to repeal. "Repeal those actions which were unconstitutional", not "repeal the actions, which are unconstitutional".
- spinlock 10y agothis is where the difference between "which" and "that" is important.
- scosman 10y agoI don't see the quote you mention in the linked article. However, the wording is ambiguous.
- Smaug123 10y agoI was paraphrasing, not quoting. I don't think the wording is ambiguous, but it's deliberately easy to misread on skimming the document.
- archgoon 10y agoNo, the wording is ambiguous. I'd interpret it as a subset of Obama's executive orders are unconstitutional.
- ComteDeLaFere 10y agoDoesn't he mean executive orders? I believe those are considered law, while executive actions are simply directional. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365467914/so-just-what-is-an-executive-action-anyway http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365467914/... EDIT: Never mind, he said ...cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.
- stcredzero 10y agoWhich is worded so ambiguously, he could technically get away with doing nothing!
- Retra 10y agoAnd why is that a problem?
- rileyteige 10y agoNot exactly. He's just saying he will reverse those Executive Orders which are considered unconstitutional by many (at least many of those who voted for him in my community).
- rayiner 10y agoExecutive actions are obviously not per se unconstitutional. The President is the CEO of the executive branch--many executive actions are simply him telling his subordinates what to do.