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HowieT3

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Whoosh! (The sound of the point going over your head). Every president,...


regardless of how much he is liked/disliked, decides HOW a law will be enforced because laws don't and CAN'T specify the nuts and bolts of how they will be enforced. That's the way all legal systems are set up. The law specifies what is legal/illegal activity and the punishment for the illegal activity. It is far too slow a process for a law to be passed that says X number of Border Patrol Agents will patrol the border and they will be responsible for Y distance each and work Z hours. However, a law that sets up the Border Patrol and yearly allocations of money allow the president to patrol the border based on the resources available.

The Soviets used to brag how their constitution had more protections for its citizens than ours did. They were right, but it was very easy to lose your citizenship. The question always is whether you like the policy (the way) the president decides to enforce a particular law. Executive orders are the way the president conveys that policy to the Executive Branch.
[Post edited by HowieT3 at 07/03/2018 11:38AM]

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Posted: 07/03/2018 at 10:02AM



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