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Trump’s Executive Order Isn’t Just a Power Grab—It’s the Logical Next Step of His Immunity Ruling

The text of the so-called "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" executive order is out, and its purpose is undeniable: this isn’t just about centralizing agency control—it’s about leveraging the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling to erase any meaningful limits on executive power - extending its umbrella over all agencies, all departments, all bureaus fully act with the president's impunity in an attempt to sidestep the Chevron ruling.

The order mandates that all federal agencies must follow the President’s and Attorney General’s interpretation of the law, eliminating legal independence. That means if Trump claims an action is within his “official duties,” it’s both unchallengeable and unenforceable in court. This EO is designed to function as the legal infrastructure for executive power without judicial oversight.

The DOJ has already cited the Supreme Court ruling to justify removing independent agency heads. This is the pattern: rewrite agency authority, purge those who resist, and create a system where law is whatever the White House says it is. If federal agencies are no longer independent and courts are ignored or stripped of enforcement power, then where does resistance come from?

The answer has to be state insulation. If Washington is no longer bound by the rule of law, then states must act before federal control is fully consolidated. That means:

Immediate legal challenges to block agency takeovers before courts are rendered powerless.

Refusal to enforce federal policies that override state authority, particularly in regulatory and economic areas.

State economic barriers that disrupt funding channels for captured federal agencies.

This is a moment where protest must become action—not just marching, but organizing around concrete demands for state-level resistance. If states do not step up now, they will lose the power to do so at all.

Read the full executive order here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ensuring-accountability-for-all-agencies/

Time is running out to put meaningful barriers in place. The old strategies—waiting for courts, hoping for a political shift—are obsolete. This fight has to move to the state level, and it has to start now.

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Hello Victor! Thank you so much for writing/sharing this. I believe this is something that more people need to see so I would like to copy the major points into an easy to print/share pamphlet. I want to do this only if it's alright with you to be shared this way. It will in NO way be sold or otherwise marketed; just distributed for free to hopefully increase the number of people seeing this. Please let me know if this would be acceptable and any other considerations/concerns you may have.

thank you again!!

Taylor H.

Pittsburgh PA

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