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rsacamano

(1,908 posts) Tue Aug 1, 2017, 09:42 AM Aug 2017

Pentagon Won't Enforce Trump Transgender Ban Based on Tweets

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Pentagon Won't Enforce Trump Transgender Ban Based on Tweets (Original Post) rsacamano Aug 2017 OP

This comes down to Trump's authority as exboyfil Aug 2017 #1

exboyfil

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1. This comes down to Trump's authority as

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Tue Aug 1, 2017, 10:05 AM

Aug 2017

Commander in Chief. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff could be viewed as being insubordinate by not executing his lawful order (assuming it is a lawful order). SecDef should be removed for not immediately promulgating this policy decision.

The Constitution doesn't address any of this.

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