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Igel

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6. There's going to be a conundrum that everybody will have to resolve.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:49 PM
Jul 2017

Can the President just decide not to enforce a set of laws?

So far both sides are saying, "Yes. It's not only okay, it's meritorious." Thing is, they can't agree on what to enforce and ignore.

We have DACA. "Prosecutorial discretion" says that the President can ignore laws it thinks are wrong. And if you don't like it, tough. But if it's environmental laws that aren't being enforced, then the judiciary must force the executive to enforce those laws--it's in the Constitution, the President is to uphold the laws of the land.

They have environmental and civil rights laws. "Prosecutorial discretion" says that the President can ignore laws it thinks are wrong. And if you don't like it, tough. But if it's immigration laws that aren't being enforced, then the judiciary must force the executive to enforce those laws--it's in the Constitution, the President is to uphold the laws of the land.

Good luck dismissing the analogy.

Those courts saying that Trump must enforce certain laws are going to be a problem.

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