Hercules56
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No, he can order the ATF to simply not abide by the Supreme Court and arrest people who possess bump stocks. He can also order the ATF to allow gun sales to people who had a restraining order. He can also threaten to withhold federal funds from hospitals that perform emergency abortions if abortion is banned in that state.There was no way for him to defy those though, right? None of those were under the Executive branch. They were either state, or the agency(ies) that enforced the laws weren't under his control. Here he just seems to not listen, I mean we're seeing it in real time. He's actively ignoring the SCOTUS and you're here telling us to ignore our own lying eyes because This Time™ he'll be presidential and listen, right?
I mean, he couldn't force himself to stay in the White House. Ignoring it wouldn't work. He can't force states to do anything with election law. He can't force Maryland and Delaware to do whatever he wanted with assault weapons. He can't force hospitals to refuse to do abortions, etc. In immigration cases he can just tell ICE to do it and they, apparently, will without hesitation.
You're wrong.
So I am not wrong.