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Igel

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12. Hardly the first president to play that game.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:42 AM

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Either find a lot of little bits of statute with just the right interpretations, all judiciable, to get around blocking the big piece that does a lot of things; or just say he'd do something even if it will be knocked down again in a while.

When it's SCOTUS, say that they're betraying whatever it is of value that requires a need to overrule the text or compel and novel, never-before-seen, interpretation.

Trump's master of that, to be sure.

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