Wait, so could we donate some Jones Act noncompliant dredges and tugboats to a “hostile” force, declare war on them, nonviolently “seize” the boats, and skirt the law that way?
This needs the executive to seize the boats and then sell them. There are likely a lot of bureaucratic rules involved that would make that a nonstarter even if a president would be willing. The current president isn’t even willing to give out the waiver to Puerto Rico after a hurricane to get them the needed fuel.
Wait, so could we donate some Jones Act noncompliant dredges and tugboats to a “hostile” force, declare war on them, nonviolently “seize” the boats, and skirt the law that way?
This needs the executive to seize the boats and then sell them. There are likely a lot of bureaucratic rules involved that would make that a nonstarter even if a president would be willing. The current president isn’t even willing to give out the waiver to Puerto Rico after a hurricane to get them the needed fuel.