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dumbcat

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7. Obama didn't change the US Code

Reply to torius (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 27, 2018, 12:04 PM

Aug 2018

it takes legislation to do that. Obama ignored the code, changed the tradition, and nobody cared. But the US Code stayed the same. Presidents can do that and often get away with it. Trump will try it on some things too. We won't like that.

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