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

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago

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

[-] dickJohnson@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

But does this type of EO have legal backing?

[-] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

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.

this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025

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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.

Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...

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