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   Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 08:09:27 JST Heidi Li Feldman

   I want to make sure people know that in the U.S. a Presidential executive order is not a law. It is an internal memo from the head of the Executive to others in that branch. The President has no constitutional authority to legislate or adjudicate the law. 1/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 15:02:00 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Whether Trump himself understands that he has no constitutional authority to make laws is, of course, a separate question. 2/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 15:04:42 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     In any event, if a President issues an executive order to other executive branch official directing them to do unlawful or unconstitutional things, the order is legally empty. Of course, an empty EO can still wreak havoc. 3/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 15:04:50 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Nobody, other than executive branch officials, is obliged to do anything at all just because of something a President says in an executive order. 4/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Mar-2025 15:05:03 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Again, I don’t know if Trump knows or understands this. I am confident that whatever he knows about the actual force of an EO, he loves that they are called orders. He is also a master of using social media to give the impression that they are laws. 5/5