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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Really?  You don't see the difference between the Obama administration passing regulations (subject to full due process, transparency, and appealable to the courts)[/b] and Trump retaliating against a single company because its executive stated views he didn't agree with?  Seriously? [/quote]

No, I don't.  Obama used Education Dept rules on loans to kill as many for profit colleges as possible.  If Trump uses DoD procurement rules to save US jobs, I don't see how it's all that different.[/quote]

If Trump uses actual procurement rules, subject to the rule of law and judicial review, motivated by an actual policy concern (as opposed to First Amendment retaliation), then yes, it's the same thing as Obama's actions. I would disagree with the substance, but there would not be a fundamental violation of rights.  [/quote]

He's President-elect right now.  All he has is a microphone and a Twitter account.  Once he's President, these sentiments will become that old Obama favorite - "Executive Actions".  if Obama can through executive action stop enforcing immigration laws, Trump can sure as heck cancel some procurement programs.[/quote]

Ok so, there are actual laws and regulations governing procurement.  They are quite detailed, and the contractors have a boatload of rights.  [b]Executive Actions can't trump Congress, existing regulations, or contracts[/b].  And an Executive Action that was specifically in retaliation for the exercise of First Amendment rights would likely be unconstitutional.  Here's some reading for you.  https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20846.pdf.  [/quote]

Really?  DACA didn't trump immigration laws?  [/quote]

:roll: Congress makes the laws.  The president enforces them.  That includes the right to prosecutorial discretion and the ability to decline to enforce the law, as an inherent part of the enforcement power.  Again, this is Constitution 101.  Of course there are lines to be drawn but the basic concept is Constitution 101.   [/quote]

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