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Mistakenly pasting in martial law is surely grounds for impeachment in its own right. Ignorance of what law you're passing is not an excuse.
by robertlagrant 2y ago
Mistakenly pasting in martial law is surely grounds for impeachment in its own right. Ignorance of what law you're passing is not an excuse.
- kijin 2y agoSufficiently advanced incompetence surely is indistinguishable from malice.
- dartos 2y agoDon’t attribute to malice what could also be attributed to incompetence In this case, seems pretty clear cut though.
- potato3732842 2y ago> Ignorance of what law you're passing is not an excuse Pretty much every elected legislature ever uses this excuse and gets away with it again and again and again at each election cycle. They will fight tooth and nail to prevent a precedent to the tune of "it's your job to know" even if the precedent is against the executive because even that is too close for comfort.
- lesuorac 2y agoClearly he should've just added a disclaimer like ever single one of Trump's EOs [1]. "Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or" [2] Or all the generic legal documents that say "void where prohibited by law" and etc. In general, writing a document that complies with the law seems to be not a requirement. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_orders_in_the_second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_orders_in_... [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20250121003847/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250121003847/https://www.white...