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It's interesting. Nearly all orders from the executive branch are banned by some federal judge/court now(there are about 100 of federal courts, any one will do)
by synergy20 1y ago
It's interesting. Nearly all orders from the executive branch are banned by some federal judge/court now(there are about 100 of federal courts, any one will do). While I don't agree with all the orders, the power of a random federal judge who can issue a nationwide ban relatively easily seems a little too much. To the point that the president is pretty much useless.
- School-Cotton 1y agoThat is why appeals exist.
- synergy20 1y agowhich could take years to effectively kill all the orders.
- School-Cotton 1y agoThat’s why temporary restraining orders and injunctions exist.
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- anonymous_panic 1y agoThey're nearly all banned because they're nearly all illegal. The president is not a king. If Trump followed the law, this wouldn't be happening.
- synergy20 1y agoexcept most of the orders are blocked by the opposite party judges, I would not call it 'illegal' until it went through the supreme court, problem is that it could take years, so the opposite party judges can block pretty much every order at the whim of whatever.
- tristan957 1y agoWhere are the stats for your claim?
- charliea0 1y agoIf a lawful order is enjoined by a district court, you can appeal to higher judges. If the higher judges agree with the district court, then you can appeal to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court agrees with the district court, then the order probably isn't lawful.
- synergy20 1y agothis could take years, which essentially blocks whatever the executive branch wanted, quite effectively at minimal cost.
- tristan957 1y agoJudges doing bad faith rulings can be removed by Congress. Checks and balances works.
- foogazi 1y agoThe president has the US military, DOJ lawyers, and the whole executive branch at their disposal- what chance do I have to defend myself from a piece of paper signed on a whim tonight? The imbalance is tremendous How can the people of the US be protected from the executive branch ?
- jonny_eh 1y ago> To the point that the president is pretty much useless. That's only if he does illegal stuff, which he's doing like there's no tomorrow.
- TFYS 1y agoIt's risky to give so much power to a single person anyway. The president is "useless" in a lot of countries and it's usually a good thing.
- iamtheworstdev 1y agoIt wasn't a random federal judge. It was a three judge panel, one of which appointed by Trump and another appointed by Reagan (the third by Obama).
- synergy20 1y agogot that, but I'm talking about the general condition, not the specific one here.
- blackjack_ 1y agoTurns out, the “executive” in executive branch, means it is in charge of executing the law. It is the legislative branch that makes laws. So yes, the judicial branch can stop the executive branch from “making law” because that is how the separation of powers works.