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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt the pace Biden is moving, everything Trump did will be gone by the time the sun rises on Monday -
Trumps reliance on executive orders has resulted on most of his would-be legacy getting immediately cancelled:
One former senior Trump aide, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear or retaliation, agreed. Very little of what Trump did was done to ensure permanence. At the pace Biden is moving, everything Trump did will be gone by the time the sun rises on Monday except his judicial appointments.
The list of Trump initiatives that have been rolled back through Biden executive orders includes: Restoring the countrys commitment to funding the World Health Organization; rejoining the Paris climate accords; reversing Mr. Trumps ban on immigration from several predominantly Muslim nations and halting immigration enforcement in the countrys interior; stopping construction of the border wall; ensuring protections for L.G.B.T.Q. workers undermined by Trump appointees; killing the Keystone XL pipeline permit; reimposing the ban on drilling in the Arctic wildlife refuge; imposing new ethics rules and tossing out Mr. Trumps 1776 Commission report.
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In a remarkable interview 10 days before his death in 1973, Lyndon B. Johnson, the most skilled legislator-president in the countrys recent history, explained why he had resisted the temptation to ram through landmark civil rights reforms by using executive orders.
Pursuing a legislative path was tougher and led to an uncertain outcome, but he wanted his reforms to endure, Johnson explained, and to do so they required the stubborn force of law.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/01/living-and-dying-by-article-ii
onecaliberal
(32,816 posts)questionseverything
(9,646 posts)Or the trillions the 1percenters gained thru tax law and stimulus to the stock market
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)parents
EDIT TO SAY: I am very happy at the rate our PRESIDENT is making changes. All I am saying is that it will take more than 10 days to correct 4 years of criminal activity.
onecaliberal
(32,816 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,634 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)President Biden will be blamed for it. Bank on it.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)Was an 11 to 4 job with weekends off to play golf? Or that anyone could do It?
Man, were they lied to.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)For decades.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)StClone
(11,683 posts)There is no reason a bold move to erase the Turtle's legacy isn't in the cards. Otherwise we are spinning our wheels as Con judges will put us further behind the 8 ball concerning women's rights, corporate rights, gun laws, unions, and privacy/internet rulings.
Vivienne235729
(3,383 posts)We may have control of the senate and we might be able to make a long lasting dent.
keithbvadu2
(36,747 posts)Some things cannot be undone.
Trump's pardons for war crimes puts America in our enemies' cross hairs as a supporter of war crimes.
dsc
(52,155 posts)the fact is those judges will end legal abortion in wide swaths of this country, relegate LGBT civil rights laws into LGBT civil rights suggestions that can be overruled by but Jesus says, end the ability of agencies to regulate any aspect of any business at any time ever, and end voting rights for racial minorities turning them into voting privileges that the states can eliminate whenever they damn well please.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The difference in competence between the start of the last 2 administrations is stark.
It took them years to get folks in place because they were all amateurs and incompetent.
Its obvious Joe has everything in place and they are waiting to get moving. It is apparent that all major staffing decisions, even minor ones that dont need Senate approval have already been made.
In a month they will be firing on all cylinders. Maybe 2. It takes most administrations 8 months
They understood the importance of these decisions.
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)He did the least amount of work by any POTUS ever. I'm guessing Biden will accomplish more in his first week than Chump did in 4 years.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,320 posts)UTUSN
(70,674 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,383 posts)Had everything lined up and ready to go on day ONE. Not a surprise to anyone other than a maga idiot. I am so relieved that most of what trump did will be erased. We cant erase some of the damage he has done to kids in the cages, but we sure as hell can right those wrongs.