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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoNot sure how that’s supposed to fly with posse comitatus but there you go! Maybe immigration isn’t considered “domestic policy”? 🤔 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
minus-squareadarzalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoiirc he’s gonna ‘declare’ an ‘emergency’ in order to post active duty military there.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDing! Winner! https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-delivers-emergency-price-relief-for-american-families-to-defeat-the-cost-of-living-crisis-2/
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago“Domestic policy” isn’t the actual language it’s “execute the laws” Not that it matters, since there are many notable exceptions that the executive branch can, more or less, handwave in.
Not sure how that’s supposed to fly with posse comitatus but there you go! Maybe immigration isn’t considered “domestic policy”? 🤔
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
iirc he’s gonna ‘declare’ an ‘emergency’ in order to post active duty military there.
He already did.
Ding! Winner!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-delivers-emergency-price-relief-for-american-families-to-defeat-the-cost-of-living-crisis-2/
“Domestic policy” isn’t the actual language it’s “execute the laws”
Not that it matters, since there are many notable exceptions that the executive branch can, more or less, handwave in.