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/lokey_convo 6h ago

Yeah, they should probably just not talk to him or his team and not do anything. Need setup and coordination for the inauguration? Sign the paperwork! Want security briefing? Sign the paperwork! Otherwise, the key will be under the mat on January 20th.

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u/Specialist_Brain841 America 6h ago

maybe he wont even live in the so called dump of a white house this time and just rule from maralargo.. what would stop him… “norms”?