If governors are acting in their official capacity, in accordance with their state Constitution, and not in violation of the Constitution then they have the power.
Virtually every wallist thinks that Donald Trump's word is the word of God. If Trump declares a national emergency, then his proselytes say such an emergency exists. If Trump unilaterally bans Muslims from entering the United States, his proselytes say it is lawful. It doesn't make it so.
Trump did unilaterally temporarily ban some Muslims from entry to this nation and it was upheld by the Supreme Court you seem to venerate (but not always, it looks like). So yes...it was lawful.
Trump is the head of the Executive branch of government at the federal level. The governor of each state is head of Executive branch of government in that state. Trump cannot simply over-rule a state because he is at the head of the federal executive branch of government since states have rights and the federal government is limited by the Constitution.
As for the politicians you mentioned, I'd have to look at their actions on a case by case basis. Personally, I believe that the 14th Amendment was illegally ratified. So, IF Lester Maddox and / or George Wallace thought they had a case, they should have challenged the legality of the 14th Amendment. Did they? I have no idea.
This is not a contest between Donald Trump and the governor of New Mexico, or any other state. The chaos crime and confusion is indeed an emergency and even Jeh Johnson has admitted as much.
The Southern border is a gateway for drugs, gangs, human trafficking and illegal immigration. If none of that matters to you just say so and we can immediately dismiss anything you say on the matter (which I do for the most part anyway as blather).
You can't fix stupid. I voted for Trump as the lesser of two evils. I will
NOT vote for him again. Being honest and objective in no way venerates the man. Your insult only demonstrates your bias and your ignorance. When Trump does a good thing I will acknowledge it. He will never earn my vote again, however, as he violated the Constitution three times with his bump stock ban - a precedent that will end private gun ownership with the next liberal administration.
What matters to me is the Constitution. The border is
NOT, repeat,
NOT a gateway to drugs. Drugs begin with idiotic parents who allow the school / government, doctors, and Big Pharma to
create drug addicts. First it's Adderall and Ritalin for nonexistent conditions. Then it's legal opioids. Then kids, having been taught a pill will fix everything go on to SSRIs, illegal opioids, etc., etc. By the time they are in their teens, they are looking for all avenues to buy drugs from.
By the time they are in their 20s, they are drug addicts with a criminal record, no education, no job skills, no initiative, a drug habit and not a damn clue as to how to become a productive citizen. Foreign drug dealers then capitalize by feeding drugs to the addicts people like
YOU create. That is why Americans consume over 80 percent of the world's opioid supply; we have more people in prisons than any country on the globe and NO plan for rehabilitating those people. For every drug addict in a rehab program, more than TEN are in prison. You aren't going to rehabilitate a drug addict in prison!
You don't want to own your part in the status quo. What you want is some mindless idiot that will chant the mantra of wall worship and that the third world is totally responsible. So, you would take the Rights of every American in your quest to wage war against foreigners without owning up to your own role. I'm not a proselyte to stupidity and the inability to think. If you don't like what I have to say, the ignore button will work wonderfully for you.
1) Where is the crisis? We have statistical zero unemployment and a nation that does not revere its culture? I'd fight to the death to protect your Right to believe anything you like; however, if the highest elected official in a state disagrees with you, I have to concede you are wrong in your opinion since perception is reality and that governor's perception is reality until he or she leaves office
Oh....
really? Some people call that an autocracy.
If you truly believe the governor is the highest authority in the state and the rule of law is whatever she thinks it is then you must also believe that Lester Maddox and George Wallace were completely acting properly when they wanted to continue with their segregated society that had one society for whites and one lesser society for colored folks.
Michelle Lujan Grisham may wield her power inside her fiefdom as if she were the last word on the law but experience and common sense shows that doesn't make her rule proper or good for the nation.
If governors are acting in their official capacity, in accordance with their state Constitution, and not in violation of the Constitution then they have the power.
Virtually every wallist thinks that Donald Trump's word is the word of God. If Trump declares a national emergency, then his proselytes say such an emergency exists. If Trump unilaterally bans Muslims from entering the United States, his proselytes say it is lawful. It doesn't make it so.
Trump is the head of the
Executive branch of government at the federal level. The governor of each state is head of
Executive branch of government in that state. Trump cannot simply over-rule a state because he is at the head of the federal executive branch of government since states have rights and the federal government is limited by the Constitution.
As for the politicians you mentioned, I'd have to look at their actions on a case by case basis. Personally, I believe that the 14th Amendment was illegally ratified. So, IF Lester Maddox and / or George Wallace thought they had a case, they should have challenged the legality of the 14th Amendment. Did they? I have no idea.
So what Obama did to the state of Arizona was against the law?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/06/AR2010070601928.html?noredirect=on
I'm almost sorry I stumbled onto this thread. What do you think Obama did that I should automatically know about?
READ my other posts so I don't have to repeat myself.