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PimpedKoala956 karma

To directly answer your question since OP did not:

Executive orders have to surpass three systems of checks in order to truly accomplish anything. By themselves, they actually do nothing. They pretty much just order other people to do things-these other people are members of the federal bureaucracy.

Heads of branches of the federal bureaucracy are appointed by the president according to merit and usually cannot be fired without a very long and difficult process. They then hire the people under them, who also would have to go through such process,which means most of the federal bureaucracy is still consistent of President Obama's administrative appointments and hirings. They are the people who pretty much do everything in the country. The bureaucracy retains something called discretionary authority, basically, if they do not agree with/do not want to/cannot follow the provisions of an executive order, piece of legislation, or decision from a federal court, they do not have to. Period. They have discretion over what they do. So, President Trump's executive orders, for the most part, have not been and most likely will not be carried out by the federal bureaucracy. Which renders them nearly ineffective.

Executive orders can be overridden or supported by legislation from Congress. In this case, the bureaucracy will generally follow the provisions of the law since legal action could occur if an unfortunate series of events happens for a specific member or agency, but again the likelihood is rare that they will do something they don't wish to do.

Finally, executive actions, which include executive orders, may be taken to the Supreme Court to be declared unconstitutional. This is ultimately what OP is trying to achieve, and it is very, very difficult to do. To me, it does not seem likely he will make it that far. Especially with the flooding of cases the Supreme Court is probably taking on right now and the fact that the Supreme Court's term is ending in 2 months and OP has to first go through multiple stages of local and federal courts. But it is possible. Executive orders will be overridden by the Supreme Court only if they find that the action, in some way, violates any portion of the Constitution. But again, if the executive branch does not agree, they legally could continue to do what they were doing with very little chance of punishment.

Edit: I just woke up. I'll answer everybody in a few hours!

PimpedKoala106 karma

I'm not Steven, but I am part of a population known as /r/cubers, and I would like to answer your question as best I can without revealing too much. The cube is solved (generally) the same way, no matter the scramble. So, no, he does not rely on that fact at all. However, I hope I don't screw him over by saying you can scramble it in such a way that you can solve it quicker..I hope you get that. Again, don't want to give much away. As for the similarity between solving/scrambling, as far as I can see, yes.. He scrambles while talking to set it up as I mentioned earlier . And the entire act is 'sleight of hand', which he is incredible at

PimpedKoala95 karma

What does your family think of your profession?

PimpedKoala11 karma

Have you ever experienced any crazy brawls in the park?

PimpedKoala4 karma

Would you guys consider doing the AMA on /r/NeutralPolitics instead? /r/politics is a very liberal slanted community and I as well as others would probably feel that, considering the Washington Post is a liberal slanted media source, the questions that may be critical of your company or supportive of conservative views might be ignored because the community will downvote them to oblivion. I think it is only fair to field political questions from a politically neutral, or as close to neutral as you can get, user base.

Sorry for the late response and thank you for the AMA!