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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Where is "ordering" coming from? The actual memo "requests" that DHHS take three specific "steps."
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Request sounds like an order if the DHHS wasn't planning on doing it in the first place.
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He's done nothing more than exercise the authority every president has had for a long time. And if Congress thinks he overstepped his authority, they can always negate what he's done.
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He's exercised more of these types of authorities than most Presidents in a looong time. This wouldn't be a big deal if it was a one-time event. But it's a repetition of "orders", condemnations of other branches of government which hold his power in check, and situations where his orders supercede Constitutionality.
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