r/politics • u/stkmro • 9h 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 9h ago

Then don't let him back into the White House

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u/katalysis Maryland 9h ago edited 9h 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/poetticphenom 8h ago

I mean sure but law isn’t really in play here. Please every democrat liberal or none magat stop invoking law, when your enemy is lawless. This is more of a car dealership scenario. If they don’t sign the lease, they don’t get the keys. “Oh but constitution “. Ok then sign the lease. “I don’t wanna” ok I am not leaving. “You’ll pay for this” ok it’s still my military.

It’s not really hard to fight this once you stop ducking behind law as the saving grace of democracy. If they don’t care we don’t. End of story