Comment by troyvit

> The president's DOJ can't simply refuse to enforce the law.

I had to look up how they handle marijuana laws since that has the _look_ of the DOJ doing just that.

'In each fiscal year since FY2015, Congress has included provisions in appropriations acts that prohibit DOJ from using appropriated funds to prevent certain states, territories, and DC from "implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana"'[1]

So in that case it's Congress that prohibits the DOJ from enforcing a federal law. So your point stands in that the DOJ may not be able to unilaterally decide not to enforce a law, but apparently congress can sort-of extort them into ignoring laws? Oh America.

[1] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12270