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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The order could have far-reaching effects on US efforts to dominate the nascent technology, which has already become a significant part of the economy and the stock market but which also still remains untested in many ways.

Fucking HOW, CNN? It doesn't just not have far reaching effects, it has zero effect.

I feel like I'm being gaslit by news organizations deciding an executive order has relevancy to state laws. They don't even pretend that there's some novel legal theory that could maybe allow it, they just write the whole article like it's a royal decree and self obviously impactful.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 8 points 6 months ago

Trump is using Executive Orders as edicts, and the media are just going along with it instead of telling the truth about it

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bad headline. This order means nothing. Executive orders are weaker than state laws. That's it, the end.

If he wants to pass a federal law, then he can preempt the states. Federal law usually trumps state law. Until then, he can write the order and then nobody will do anything with it, and if federal lawyers try to do something with it then they will be laughed out of court.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

The law is backed by the glorious leader being unhinged enough to send his little private army of racists to kidnap and torture anyone who goes against him. He doesn't even need to do that, the threat is good enough so nobody will dare. Newsom maybe, but he has his own technoologarchs to consider

[–] RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

something something State's Rights? something something