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HaZeust | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
Do you think he should? Do you think it's a healthy exercise in the country's checks and balances for the president to create a precedent where he directs the justice department to not enforce a law when Congress has drafted it, and the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld it? Last time anything like this has happened, it created devastating national history.
jonahhorowitz | parent | next
I don't think the country fell apart when Obama directed the justice department not to enforce weed laws. [0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum

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t-3 | parent | next
Not enforcing laws by executive decision happens all the time. Whenever police "crack down" on something, that means they were previously letting stuff slide.
sethammons | parent | next
The law gives a new power. Doesn't say it has to be used. President can also nuke shit. Doesn't have to be used.
sebastiennight | parent | next
I'll take the bait. What was that last time and what was the devastating national history moment?
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Jcowell | parent
It wouldn’t be the first time an American President decided not to enforce a SC ruling.
zeroonetwothree | root | parent | next
I think actually it would be (if you are thinking of the Jackson one it’s not actually the way it’s popularly remembered)
HaZeust | root | parent
How do you think Worcester v. Georgia happened in ways not popularly remembered?
HaZeust | root | parent | next
Read the last few words in my GP, I know. Also, a law drafted by Congress AND an SC ruling upholding it??
sethammons | root | parent
How? The bill gives the president a power. SCOTUS has said the law is legal. Nothing compels the president to use the power. See Biden passing it along.