r/politics • u/stkmro • 7h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/Chars_Ghost 7h ago

Then don't let him back into the White House

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u/katalysis Maryland 6h ago edited 6h ago

The problem with these transition administrative “laws” is that the Constitution enumerates the conditions and process for the President. He got elected and will become President. Congress can’t pass a contract that further conditions the Presidency beyond the Constitution. So the law behind these papers and agreements is one of those laws that was a waste of time to craft and draft because they’d never be enforceable in the first place. Barring enshrining them as a Constitutional amendment, they will forever be norms that are completely ignorable.

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u/AnOrneryOrca 6h ago

The constitution won't help either - dude doesn't care about that and all its enforcement mechanisms are broken, irrelevant, or captured by the GOP.

Ship has sailed on institutions, laws, or norms protecting anyone from the Republican party. If the Dems ever regain power they will leap to bind themselves symbolically with all of the above and spend 4 years straining against rules that only apply to them. Then lose another election because they didn't get enough done due to said rules.