These things are already happening on the state level and I don’t think Trump would be able to successfully do this at the federal level, so really, what’s the difference?
“I will declare that any hospital or health-care provider that participates in the chemical or physical mutilation of minor youth no longer meets federal health and safety standards—they will be terminated from receiving federal funds effective immediately.
“On Day One, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children,” Trump said.
“I will not give one penny to any institution that has a vaccine mandate or mask mandate from kindergarten through college,” Trump said.
Okay so he’s quoted as saying a lot of shit in that article, but what sticks out to me is that the US Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse i.e. the ability to determine who gets federal funds. He doesn’t get to just slash funding for whatever he wants… assuming Constitutional law still matters and his Court doesn’t just give him the power to do everything he wants anyway.
I think there’s some nuance where the executive bureaucracy has a lot of discretion over federal spending depending on how that funding is allocated. I’m not sure of the specifics, but once a federal agency has funding, it often has the ability to pull certain funding from the states. I think a big part of Project 2025 (which is basically a more Trump-oriented version of what The Heritage Foundation has been pushing for decades) is the idea that federal employees can be reclassified from merit-based jobs to politically appointed positions, allowing for specialized positions which were previously protected from administration to administration within various agencies to become direct presidential appointees. And Project 2025 has thousands of people lined up for Trump to appoint along party lines.
All this said, I still think that many states will have protections for existing trans rights. Like New York specifically has protections beyond the relevant federal laws.
These things are already happening on the state level and I don’t think Trump would be able to successfully do this at the federal level, so really, what’s the difference?
I’m curious why. Like what specific power structure would stop him? Not saying you’re wrong. Just not sure what that would entail.
Okay so he’s quoted as saying a lot of shit in that article, but what sticks out to me is that the US Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse i.e. the ability to determine who gets federal funds. He doesn’t get to just slash funding for whatever he wants… assuming Constitutional law still matters and his Court doesn’t just give him the power to do everything he wants anyway.
I think there’s some nuance where the executive bureaucracy has a lot of discretion over federal spending depending on how that funding is allocated. I’m not sure of the specifics, but once a federal agency has funding, it often has the ability to pull certain funding from the states. I think a big part of Project 2025 (which is basically a more Trump-oriented version of what The Heritage Foundation has been pushing for decades) is the idea that federal employees can be reclassified from merit-based jobs to politically appointed positions, allowing for specialized positions which were previously protected from administration to administration within various agencies to become direct presidential appointees. And Project 2025 has thousands of people lined up for Trump to appoint along party lines.
All this said, I still think that many states will have protections for existing trans rights. Like New York specifically has protections beyond the relevant federal laws.