[DoodleDawg]

Section 1(b).

Executive Order

[sauropod]

1 d) and 1 e) says POTUS doesn’t have tonwait the 45 days to act.

Press the button, Mr. President. Release the Kracken.

[Beach333]

Section 1a uses the words “not later than days”.
Section 1b uses the word “within 45 days”.

So we don’t really know that it’s 12/18/20 and 2/2/2021, it could be sooner.

[HotHunt]

From my reading of Trump's Executive Order #13848 dated Sept. 12, 2018, the wording is not hard and fast on these time constraints:

".... Section 1. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election...."

"Section 1. (b) Within 45 days of receiving the assessment and information described in section 1(a) of this order...."

There is flexibility in the time limits for both sections.

Section 1. (a) could have happened any day after the election and still comply with the EO wording, as long as it wasn't later than the 45 day limitation.

And Section 1. (b) the same thing. It could have happened anytime after the assessment in Section 1 (a) was received, as long as it was within the 45 limitation.

In my mind, both of these issues could have already been addressed and a decision been made to invoke the terms of the EO.

Anybody read it differently?