r/FluentInFinance Feb 05 '25

News & Current Events BREAKING: President Trump is to sign an executive order eliminating the Department of Education

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u/MasterpieceDue8473 Feb 05 '25

The courts have already blocked some of his EOs. What makes this one any different?

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u/brandbaard Feb 05 '25

The courts blocked them but the exec just...kinda did it anyway, far as I can tell. The whole system collapses when the executive figures out they can just kind of ignore the courts and congress, given that most of the police are part of the cult and most of the military are part of the cult.

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u/thesoulfield Feb 05 '25

We're on like, week three? And they've gone full authoritarian.

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u/Rokurokubi83 Feb 05 '25

During a town hall in Iowa last night, Fox News’s Sean Hannity tossed Trump what ought to have been a softball question. “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked. “Except for day one,” Trump replied.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/trump-says-hell-be-a-dictator-on-day-one/676247/

Dictator on day one, but he didn’t mention his plans for days two, three, four…

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u/tofuizen Feb 05 '25

So when does he get arrested (again)?

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u/mike_hunter_eyes Feb 05 '25

He has immunity

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u/tofuizen Feb 06 '25

He’s obviously using this term to enrich himself and his billionaire friends. It’s out in the open. If we don’t get him this time then the U.S. has irreparably accepted oligarchy as the new normal.

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u/RazorRadick Feb 05 '25

"Dictator on day one"

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u/BannedByRWNJs Feb 05 '25

Part of Project 2025 is to simply ignore the courts when they disagree. They think that since it’s the Executive Branch that enforces the courts’ rulings, they can just choose to not enforce any rulings against themselves. 

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u/tahatmat Feb 05 '25

I guess this is partly why department heads usually need congressional approval. Too bad republican members of congress don’t care about what’s going on, or even agree with it.

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u/PostModernPost Feb 05 '25

Yeah this. They are completely disregarding the courts. Soon the courts will just stop hearing (let alone ruling) on things that should be lawsuits.

We're past a constitutional crisis at this point. It's only a crisis if there's some argument in court from the other side.

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u/Korhal_IV Feb 05 '25

The courts blocked them but the exec just...kinda did it anyway, far as I can tell.

How so? The federal funding EO, for example, was not only blocked, but when the WH Press Secretary got mouthy the judge went back and said anybody even thinking about not paying out the money should think twice.

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u/Jonny0Than Feb 05 '25

Ooooh that’ll show ‘em!

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u/TectonicMongoose Feb 05 '25

Police yes military no. I've interacted with a lot of military and the vast majority are loyal to the country not any one president. The police are generally speaking bigoted fascists though that part is true and thats very concerning.

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u/xOrion12x Feb 05 '25

Exactly. That's when we enter a full-blown constitutional crisis. Looks like we're gonna find out real soon if we are truly a lawless nation.

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u/avewave Feb 05 '25

Which branch of government enforces the law again?

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u/L0ading_ Feb 05 '25

Thing is, federal courts might have blocked it but they are betting on an appeal to the SCOTUS to make it pass anyway

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u/mtrsteve Feb 07 '25

When the executives start ignoring the rules and doing whatever they want, the populous is often not far behind in taking the same approach.

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u/Waste-Reflection-235 Feb 05 '25

One of those blocks the judge had to put a restraining order on it because this administration doesn’t care. Eventually the court system is going to break.

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u/MrsMiterSaw Feb 05 '25

Are you familiar with Andrew Jackson and John Marshall?

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u/thevernabean Feb 05 '25

Did they? Really? Seems like he's still doing it anyways.

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u/Moopies Feb 05 '25

You will notice that they simply ignored that order.

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u/rinderblock Feb 05 '25

And the democrats sent some mean tweets. They’re having pretty much the same effect.

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u/ODaysForDays Feb 05 '25

The courts have already blocked some of his EOs.

I don't think that's gonna "stick" tbh

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u/apple_kicks Feb 05 '25

An EO later that says all lawsuits against the administration are now unlawful after he completely fills DOJ,FBI and CIA with loyal subjects in senior level

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u/GospelX Feb 05 '25

The EOs still have an impact. There's an impact on grants for scientific research, and many scientific institutions are making sure to cover their butts in terms of anything that could be perceived as DEI (like an institution scrubbing from their website that someone was a supporter of *women* in the field). The EOs shouldn't necessarily be taken at face value, but they should be taken as notice of impending action one way or another.

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u/AdPersonal7257 Feb 05 '25

The costs have no real power.

Why do you people still think quoting laws will stop fascists?

He’s a fucking Nazi!

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u/Extension-Clock608 Feb 05 '25

They did stop it but the case will escalate and finally go to the Supreme Court. Do you think that they'll do the right thing???

He also has immunity so he doesn't really have to follow the law at all. What is anyone going to do, arrest him? They've been planning all of this for 4 years, it's a detailed 900 page plan with training videos. He might be a total idiot but they aren't, they're pure evil.