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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the governors don't cooperate, what power does Filthy Donnie have to end social distancing?
Can he unilaterally force federal workers back to workplaces?
Can he override state shut-downs?
Where do his powers begin and end?
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)elleng
(131,076 posts)NY, NJ, DE, CA, etc etc etc.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)It's not just blue states.
elleng
(131,076 posts)but not off the top of my head. CERTAINLY not just blue states.
Staph
(6,253 posts)Definitely not just blue states.
(We don't call it "shelter in place". That's something we have to do in chemical emergencies, and it involves duct-taping the gaps around doors and windows to keep out traces of nasty chemicals in the air!)
elleng
(131,076 posts)but I couldn't catch them all.
GROWING!!!
elleng
(131,076 posts)He can (probably) force Federal workers back to work (those who are not already there. I doubt governors' edicts would cover them.)
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Beyond that, he has nothing. State governors are in control of the laws in their own states.
-Laelth
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)If a governor says FU, there really is nothing a President can do.
And governors are way closer to the people and all 50 of them are way smarter than Trump. Even the dumbest.
If he calls for business as usual and all the states ignore him his will look as small as he is.
Even DeSantis here is Florida who has slow walked his response will not stop them all next week. He sees what is happening in South Florida and the pressure the healthcare industry is under even before the deluge.
And that does not include businesses. You think Disney World is going to open up next week?
Federal workers are another story. But they will be awfully lonely.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Id be surprised if he does it in next week or two, unless something dramatic happens to infection and death rate, which is unlikely.
Igel
(35,348 posts)Martial law or nothing.
Everybody saying he should order certain things show they really don't understand the Constitution, however much they try to use it as a baton to conk others over the head when it serves their purpose.
It has some wriggle room, but usually not a whole lot unless there was a creative judge who decided to do some radical projection.
DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts)Lawrence O'Donnell is saying just as much in his opening monologue tonight.
UPDATE: Here is the monologue:
#newrostrong