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TomStanford67 t1_j9mtloo wrote

Biden needs to make use of executive orders to declare attacks on the power grid to be acts of domestic terrorism. Lock them up for decades.

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drengr84 t1_j9nsnon wrote

When you see the cost and availability of those transformers, you realize that this isn't just petty vandalism.

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IntrepidJaeger t1_j9p9f7z wrote

Executive orders like that can't be used to create statutes or impose sentences. Congress has to pass laws on it (current law appears to only be limited to bombings). Individual states may have specific laws about damaging infrastructure.

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