General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Some things to know about executive orders: [View all]Ocelot II
(130,572 posts)to "flood the zone," leaving opponents overwhelmed, outraged and unable to coordinate a response - so it's important to step back, take enough time to pick apart what each one means or is intended to do. Some are likely to be merely performative and unlikely to succeed - and they know that. The first intent was the onslaught itself, as well as the difficulty, expense and time involved in responding.
But there's another thing to consider: There will be lawsuits, many of them; and DoJ lawyers representing the agencies involved will have to respond to them (on the taxpayers' dime, unfortunately). Trump is in the process of purging the DoJ of lawyers who worked in the Biden administration and hiring only those who will be loyal to him regardless of other qualifications. This means that DoJ will be full of rookies and inexperienced Trump stooges. They will be confronted with experienced litigators from Democratic state AGs' offices and organizations like the ACLU. These lawsuits will throw quite a lot of sand in the gears, making many of the EOs impossible to implement or enforce.
Fun times...