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Thread #161448   Message #3836551
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
03-Feb-17 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Will Republicans revolt?
Subject: RE: BS: Will Republicans revolt?
Trump does not have the power to repeal the Johnson Act. He can repeal executive actions taken by previous presidents, but not laws passed by Congress.

Once passed, a law can be repealed by Congress or struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but there's nothing the executive branch can do to get rid of it.

All a president can do is use his "bully pulpit" to lobby Congress to repeal the law. A more reasonable president would have phrased it in terms more like, "I will ask Congress to repeal...", but that's not 100% about Trump so you'll never hear it.