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Old 12-08-2020, 08:51 AM   #7312
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vaccin...832293?cmp=rss


Looks like Trump realized he done ####ed up. Can an executive order overrule signed contracts? Does this leave us screwed? I hate this man so much.

As soon as I saw the news yesterday that the US had failed to secure priority for these vaccines, I was sure this - some executive action by Trump to bypass those contracts - was on the way.



I'm not sure whether he can force compliance by executive order, but I would think this would fall within his emergency powers. I would expect any nation - in a war or other emergency - to be able to nationalize critical equipment/technology production, and that's how he'd justify this. Hopefully there's something preventing him from diverting our vaccines in this case.
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