• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Presidents were ruled above the law during his time. He could have made anything he wanted a law because he was above the restrictions of power on the president.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Presidents can’t make laws. And executive orders only apply to the executive branch. They are orders to his workers. It’s like the CEO of Coke saying “put cocaine back in product”. It didn’t make it legal for the cocaine to be in the product.