It’s a violation of the Constitution to intentionally kill a valid law.
Having failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump is now stating openly that his plan is to let Obamacare fail instead. Although the end result may be the same, there’s a vast difference between these two options, constitutionally speaking.
Repeal is a normal legislative initiative, completely within the power of Congress and the president. But intentionally killing a validly enacted law violates the Constitution’s order that the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
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Of course, this action violates Trump’s Oath of Office. But RW’ers don’t care about unimportant details like that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-19/letting-obamacare-fail-would-break-trump-s-oath
It’s a violation of the Constitution to intentionally kill a valid law.
Having failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump is now stating openly that his plan is to let Obamacare fail instead. Although the end result may be the same, there’s a vast difference between these two options, constitutionally speaking.
Repeal is a normal legislative initiative, completely within the power of Congress and the president. But intentionally killing a validly enacted law violates the Constitution’s order that the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”