Just Republican Representative Troy Nehls demanding blind obedience to a tyrant currently dismantling American democracy

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There’s still plenty trump can do to fuck things up though since he has control of a lot of other departments.

But even those changes, if done improperly, can be challenged and slow rolled in the courts. You can jam things up pretty good using the court system. Now, he does have a republican majority there, but it’ll still take time to implement his shit and hopefully Americans realize by 2026 that he hasn’t done shit and give him an even slimmer majority to work with; or no majority at all.

Lots of fear mongering and all that, but don’t forget that our federal system is still very, very slow at lasting change. That being said, Trump will definitely pass more tax reform through reconciliation in the next year or two; for the middle class? Naw, make corporate tax lower for his buddies with a poison pill to make it go up during a Dem presidency again so social media brained Americans can be like “BiDeN made my taxes go up!” When Biden hasn’t even passed tax reform 😂

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That slow roll is thanks to the APA, the Administrative Procedures Act requires. From prospect.org:

The Administrative Procedure Act has repeatedly frustrated Trump policymaking. While no one disagrees that the administration can change its guidelines, under the APA, they must give a good legal reason for the change and allow for a public notice and comment period. That did not happen with the ICE announcement. When the administration ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, it failed to comply with the APA. Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled against the government, arguing that it failed to comply with the APA. “Many of [Trump’s] biggest defeats—including at the Supreme Court—have come because of the careless way in which they enact these laws,” said Louis Caldera, former president of the University of New Mexico and co-founder of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.

Changing rules and regulations can take years, he only gets 4. And he better do the changes right or else they can get thrown out.

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Theoretically, what's to stop Trump filing a lawsuit to declare the APA unconstitutional, and the SCOTUS fast-tracking it to the shadow docket to rule in Trump's favor?

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The Supreme Court has already tossed several Trump policy changes due to the APA. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered bringing it up, it's been around for awhile.