• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    4 hours ago

    So technically, the president could order the people he is in charge of to deschedule the drug and to do it immediately by everyone agreeing that the change is not significant.

    If they refuse he could just keep firing people until someone agrees.

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      3 hours ago

      The law requires certain time frames for comment periods and he cannot just ignore those. He also cannot just fire anyone he wants. That is one of the things Project 2025 includes. Giving the president to fire any federal employee at will is a bad idea.

      The only immediate thing he might do is issue an executive order making Marijuana a very low priority offense and telling DoJ to direct limited enforcement and prosecution resources elswhere.

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        3 hours ago

        Well I’m sure the persons in question will be highly motivated to follow through and expedite the process with seal team six accompanying them to work every day

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      3 hours ago

      Nope, the president doesn’t have the legal authority to give that order. He has the legal authority to order them to consider the question, which is the process that’s going on.