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A presidential order is not a law, and if unconstitutional like this one, never has to be obeyed anywhere.
by valuearb 6y ago
A presidential order is not a law, and if unconstitutional like this one, never has to be obeyed anywhere.
- reaperducer 6y agonever has to be obeyed anywhere That's not how it works. It has to be obeyed until invalidated by a court. You can't just tell a law enforcement agency, "I know the president said x, but that's unconstitutional." Law enforcement is not lawyers, or constitutional scholars. That's for the judiciary to sort out.
- valuearb 6y agoYou have it backwards, law enforcement has to go to court to attempt to have WeChat removed from Apple devices. They can’t just confiscate random iPhones to scrape it off their storage, and they aren’t bursting into Apple HQ to force its removal from their servers.