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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago

Millions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administration

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Millions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administration

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/more-details-surface-in-trump-administration-plan-to-cut-national-forests/

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    Nothing. The “emergency order” is entirely so he doesn’t have to go through Congress to do it.

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      “I can do anything I want if it’s an emergency!”

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        Dang i wonder if we can find example of emergency powers eroding democracy in the past now…

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          Of course I’ll resign as dictator after the emergency is over, fellow Romans! This is the way it’s always been done!

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          Not from a jedi…

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        “And I get to say when it’s an emergency!”

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      Quickly becoming his go to play. It’s how he pushed through tariffs and how he was able to auto deport all those people. There’s probably more that I’m unaware of but the amount of national emergencies the man has declared so far is kinda crazy

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      i thought liberal democracies had mechanisms to stop this from happening!

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        They do, it’s called “voting”. Unfortunately, this “liberal democracy” (which it hasn’t been a true-democracy in over a century) has a large portion of voters that refuse to execute their civil duty as a citizen of a city-state.

        Essentially, people want all the benefits of living in a society without putting forth the work required to maintain it. Cracks eventually start to show, corruption leaks in, and that’s how fascism begins to grow in the cellar of Democracy’s home. That’s how we’ve gotten where we are.

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      But does this type of EO have legal backing?

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        It’s kind of a case by case basis is my understanding. The president does have pretty broad emergency powers but the courts can block any individual one if they feel it’s overstepping.

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