Most executive orders don't have an expiration date. So Trump kept many Obama executive orders in place. I just made a comment where Trump used Obama EOs to extend sanctions on North Korea and Venezuela.
EO 13818:
Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption
They don't know that this did not originate with Trump and Trump had to pass this.
Why did Trump have to pass this? Because he was obligated to execute a law passed by Congress and signed by Obama. Which law? The EO says this right up front. The authority Trump relied on for this law was the
the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
which was passed as part of this law (Public Law 114-328) which was signed by Obama in December 2016. It's the big Military budget law where smaller acts like the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act are debated in Congress and added to the bill when they get approved.
Subtitle F—Human Rights Sanctions
SEC. 1261. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
This law defines a new sanctions regime Congress is telling the President to carry out. In this law the president "shall" (this means must in legalese) review a list sent by congress of people to be sanctioned, review if they have committed the offense and report back to congress if the person is being sanctioned or not and what the sanction is. The president must also do this
(h) Regulatory Authority.—The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section.
There's other thing the President must do including the dates and times of the report.
The Trump Administrations actually missed the date for the first report. The same day the Executive Order 13818 went into effect, the Treasury Department delivered the report to Congress on who was sanctioned.
United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe
December 21, 2017
New Executive Order Implements Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act,
Provides for Treasury Sanctions Against Malign Actors Worldwide
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In an Annex to the Order, the President imposed sanctions on 13 serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors. In addition, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, imposed sanctions on an additional 39 affiliated individuals and entities under the newly-issued Order.
Biden can't revoke this EO and neither could Trump. Why? Because a law passed by Congress requires it. A new law would have to be passed revoking this.
A better example might be the Patriot Act. It's safe to say no one here supported or supports that giant infringement on our rights, yet 45 did not reverse it. It is presumed to be one of those "using your enemy's own weapons against them" scenarios no?
So you can link up an Obama executive order that Trump renewed verbatim?
Most executive orders don't have an expiration date. So Trump kept many Obama executive orders in place. I just made a comment where Trump used Obama EOs to extend sanctions on North Korea and Venezuela.
A lot of people have referenced this Trump executive order https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/26/2017-27925/blocking-the-property-of-persons-involved-in-serious-human-rights-abuse-or-corruption
EO 13818: Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption
They don't know that this did not originate with Trump and Trump had to pass this.
Why did Trump have to pass this? Because he was obligated to execute a law passed by Congress and signed by Obama. Which law? The EO says this right up front. The authority Trump relied on for this law was the
which was passed as part of this law (Public Law 114-328) which was signed by Obama in December 2016. It's the big Military budget law where smaller acts like the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act are debated in Congress and added to the bill when they get approved.
In that law look at section1261
This law defines a new sanctions regime Congress is telling the President to carry out. In this law the president "shall" (this means must in legalese) review a list sent by congress of people to be sanctioned, review if they have committed the offense and report back to congress if the person is being sanctioned or not and what the sanction is. The president must also do this
There's other thing the President must do including the dates and times of the report.
The Trump Administrations actually missed the date for the first report. The same day the Executive Order 13818 went into effect, the Treasury Department delivered the report to Congress on who was sanctioned.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243
...
We are still sanctioning folks under this Law/EO. Treasury still reports the list to Congress every year.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/31/2023-06749/2022-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act-annual-report
Biden can't revoke this EO and neither could Trump. Why? Because a law passed by Congress requires it. A new law would have to be passed revoking this.
It doesn’t have to be executive order, but policies made in Obama-era like CARRP, is something Trump kept and supports.
A better example might be the Patriot Act. It's safe to say no one here supported or supports that giant infringement on our rights, yet 45 did not reverse it. It is presumed to be one of those "using your enemy's own weapons against them" scenarios no?