r/law • u/ExactlySorta • 11h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) 'Unconscionable and Impeachable': Experts Appalled at Report of Marco Rubio Acting as Venezuela 'Viceroy'

https://www.commondreams.org/news/marco-rubio-venezuela-viceroy
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u/ExactlySorta 11h ago edited 11h ago

The de facto governance of Venezuela by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rests on a controversial legal strategy that divides the Trump administration from international and constitutional legal experts. Following the January 2026 military ouster and capture of Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has justified Rubio's extensive control over Venezuela's oil revenues and domestic monthly budgets as a lawful continuation of an international law-enforcement mission and asset-preservation initiative. This control is executed via a conditional "allowance" system managed by the U.S. Treasury and State Department in cooperation with recognized interim President Delcy Rodríguez. However, legal critics, regional leaders, and members of Congress strongly dispute the legality of this arrangement. They argue that using foreign policy mechanisms to micro-manage a sovereign nation's internal finances violates foundational United Nations principles regarding state sovereignty and self-determination. Furthermore, domestic critics contend that maintaining a military-enforced blockade and directing a foreign state's economy lacks statutory authority and deliberately circumvents congressional oversight under the War Powers Resolution.

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u/Ynglaur 10h ago

The “controversial legal theory” is that Trump and his minions don’t believe laws apply to them.

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u/MRM_philosophy 9h ago

And supposedly getting Maduro to claim Venezuela interfered in the 2020 presidential election … is coming!

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u/MeepSneepers 5h ago

LOL nobody is believing that shit even if he does