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what if that planet with the giant insects decided to fly here and take out the USA? would the Dems block the decision to fight them?
obama declared a national emergency 13 times while in office
Yes, during the Ebola outbreak, Hurricane Sandy, similar natural disasters and you know, ACTUAL emergencies, when the states or the regions needed government resources for which no allocations had been made. The way an Emergency Declaration is SUPPOSED to be used.
What Obama didn't do was to declare a national emergency as an end around because he lost a political fight. The Constitution is VERY clear that the power of the purse resides in the House, and if the people refuse to find your program, as President, you cannot use an emergency declaration as an end-around to the Constitution.
Today, on national television, a dejected, defeated, and defiant Donald Trump told America that there is no national emergency but he's doing to declare one anyway to get his wall built. This is an admission that the is declaring this emergency for political reasons, and nothing else. All Dems need to do is to walk into the Supreme Court, play that clip, and even the SC will rule against him.
Since Obama is a constitutional law professor, he has some knowledge of the subject. Perhaps the only issue of contention was Obamacare, where the issue of whether it was constitutional or not only came after republicans made changes to it, which then a judge ruled it unconstitutional due to those changes.The left finally care about the Constitution!
Quite an accomplishment, trump!
Most people who use the constitution are only using it as a pejorative, and have no idea what the constitution actually says. Emoluments for example.
And a Monmouth Poll and a CNN poll both confirm approximately 64% of Americans believe the president should not declare a national emergency to build the wall and 33% of Republicans hold that view.The situation was never that serious. The last poll I saw showed 86% of Republican voters strongly wanted the border fence, so regardless of how they felt about a national emergency, Republicans in Congress were not going to piss off Republican voters by trying to stop the President from building the fence. On the other hand, Republicans in Congress were anxious about another shutdown, so this compromise relieves everyone's stress and the fence gets built to satisfy Republican voters. It was necessary to go through the negotiations with the Democrats to demonstrate to both Republican voters and Republicans in Congress that the fence simply could not be built with a declaration of national emergency, and the Democrats played their role nicely in the President's little show and tell.Trump needed McConnell's support to block the House in an effort to overturn Trump's National Emergency. Trump signs the deal and McConnell announces his support for the National Emergency.A friend of mine predicted the President would sign such a bill and then declare a national emergency last week, but I argued it would be better for him to agree to short term funding of the government and then declare a national emergency. I still think that would have been a better idea, but I'm guessing this was a compromise to help some Republican members of Congress from purple states avoid the stress of continuing short term funding.Libs are going to be beside themselves !
President Donald Trump will sign the border-security agreement that heads off a government shutdown but declare a national emergency at the same time to build his proposed wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The agreement contains less money than Trump wanted but heads off another government shutdown after midnight Friday. McConnell did not give any more details of the emergency declaration while speaking on the Senate floor.
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Published: Feb 14, 2019 3:10 p.m. ET
McConnell bitterly opposed a declaration of National Emergency but McConnell realized how devastating another shutdown would be in 2020 so he made a deal with Trump. This is real political deal making something Trump will never understand.
When Trump said he was ready to make a deal on border security and refused to compromise on wall funding which was the only real issue, he wasn't making a deal he was issuing an ultimatum. If you look back at Trump's great deals, you will find they are mostly ultimatums, despite all the bull shit in his books.
Obama didnt do nothin with guns; congress had control.Obama kind of did it with DACA.
He went after gun stores and ammo, too. Let the left try that shit again, America is gonna blow up, and the left will say "Oh! We're sorry, please don't whoop me again!".
Bottom line: We're gonna stomp you if you MFers try anything heinous.
Make no mistake, everybody is pissed off at your antics. The 8 years of Obama are not forgotten, dumbasses.
But Trump has banned bump stocks. Apparently youre confusing EO with emergency declaration.
Go fuck off, liar!
New Illinois Anti-Gun Law Already Forcing Gun Shops to Close
The day that motherfucker proposed gun confiscation, is the day he would die.
That's why he didn't do it.
Slippery turd he was.
ISIS sympathizer he was.
Some proof you need?
A) Obama expanded gun rights, only ordered mental health records to be released for background check to keep nuts from having guns.
B) Trump bans bump stocks.
Get real, he tried to keep veterans getting benefits from owning guns. Fuck You!
I can elaborate on some of his traitorous activities as well. You wanna play, little bird?
You need to put down the crack pipe! 640 acres per sq mile has nothing to do with Trumps deficit explosion & $70+ billion border wall. The USA / Mexico border is only 1954 miles long. The border wall will actually be much shorter because it runs in straight lines instead of following the winding rivers. So the border wall could only be 1540 miles long & half of that has already been fenced.Trump blowing $70 billion tax dollars on a $2 billion wall. Why do we have to pay his cronies the other $68 billion?Because there is no emergency to have one.The phone and the pen does not trump the Constitution dumb ass.
They did when Obama was president..but..
Neither do leftist butthurt wishes.
You get a wall, and deal with it!
Why on earth would you be opposed to one?
Foreign invaders flooding over the border is cause for emergency, sorry.
Time to build a wall and get back to normal.
Quote, "Trump blowing $70 billion tax dollars on a $2 billion wall. Why do we have to pay his cronies the other $68 billion?"
You obviously have never had to pay for a fence around a couple of acres. This wall is 4,000 miles long. Every mile has 640 acres in it. The 700 miles that are there need repairs, which according to what I understand from his speech today are not only underway but reaching completion, with construction companies in line to start the project as the Demmies are straining every nerve to obstruct by way of the courts.
wow, big government is back in style.You need to put down the crack pipe! 640 acres per sq mile has nothing to do with Trumps deficit explosion & $70+ billion border wall. The USA / Mexico border is only 1954 miles long. The border wall will actually be much shorter because it runs in straight lines instead of following the winding rivers. So the border wall could only be 1540 miles long & half of that has already been fenced.Trump blowing $70 billion tax dollars on a $2 billion wall. Why do we have to pay his cronies the other $68 billion?Because there is no emergency to have one.They did when Obama was president..but..
Neither do leftist butthurt wishes.
You get a wall, and deal with it!
Why on earth would you be opposed to one?
Foreign invaders flooding over the border is cause for emergency, sorry.
Time to build a wall and get back to normal.
Quote, "Trump blowing $70 billion tax dollars on a $2 billion wall. Why do we have to pay his cronies the other $68 billion?"
You obviously have never had to pay for a fence around a couple of acres. This wall is 4,000 miles long. Every mile has 640 acres in it. The 700 miles that are there need repairs, which according to what I understand from his speech today are not only underway but reaching completion, with construction companies in line to start the project as the Demmies are straining every nerve to obstruct by way of the courts.
It takes 1 cubic yard of concrete to build a linear foot of border wall. That equals 5280 yards of concrete per mile that cost $100 per cubic yard = $528,000 per mile. That means there could only be $813 million worth of concrete used to build the entire 1540 mile long wall. But we really only need about 770 miles of wall to close all the gaps. This is why Trump campaigned he could build the entire wall for $2 billion.
Trump is using $8 billion in previously-appropriated funding to build 234 more miles of steel barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. At that rate Trump will blow $53 billion on a steel barrier across the entire border. The CBO ran the numbers on Trumps political payoffs in his wall proposal will cost tax payers over $70 billion. Trump & Repubtards just signed a RECORD spending bill that adds another Trillion dollars per year to the debt!!! Gold price jumped over $10 today when they signed that insane spending bill into law.
Libs are going to be beside themselves !
President Donald Trump will sign the border-security agreement that heads off a government shutdown but declare a national emergency at the same time to build his proposed wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The agreement contains less money than Trump wanted but heads off another government shutdown after midnight Friday. McConnell did not give any more details of the emergency declaration while speaking on the Senate floor.
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Published: Feb 14, 2019 3:10 p.m. ET
Go for it Donald! You don't have a hair on your ass if you don't.
I double-dog dare you to MAGA.
It is Trump that signs the bills into law and as such he bears the responsibility just as every president has done. Obama was held responsible and Trump will be also.That's a bipartisan Congress with their "continuing resolutions" and stuff.
That's not Trump.
Go ahead and see how many Czars are on the Trump administration payroll, how many bureau administrative jobs are no longer there.
Here's the latest thing that makes me really happy:
He's shutting down around 15 Administrative agenda-pushing library committee members.
They all make 6 figures.
The Repubs controlled all of congress for the 2017 and 2018 spending.
What you speak of is not spending cuts, it is spending moving. We are not spending less, that is a fact backed up by actual figures.
Those things you mention are good things, but they do not equate to spending cuts.
Do you think it's Trump inserting pork for his donors into the bills, dude? That's not even in his job description and you know it. Stop being a disingenuous asshat. You know damn well what's going on.
And if you 'on' know?
You betta axe somebody!
Of all the bad decisions, ineptness, inattention, laziness, and inexperience in congress, corruption is probably the least of all problems yet as always it remains the focal point. The failures of congress is not due to corruption. It's due primarily to a complex system that depends on coalitions of members intent on representing their constituents which has been replaced by two puppet masters and 535 puppets.
So what do we do about it?
There is only 1 solution that doesn't involve dragging corrupt politicians out and hanging them.
It's Article V Constitutional convention.
The 27th amendment needs repealed and all lobbying declared illegal.
Those caught taking bribes are fired immediately and go to jail and there's a runoff election.
No more immunity from insider trading laws, either.
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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No, he compromised by signing the bill and declaring national emergency.McConnell knew that another extended shutdown would be a disaster for the party in 2020 and Trump didn't give a shit. He would shutdown the government permanently rather than compromise.McConnell caved on the National Emergency stance because he knows he is dealing with a mental degenerate. trump was ready to shut down the Government again if the National Emergency option was doomed. McConnell assured him that it isn't. McConnell caved to the whinging of a 12 year old aging man....
The Republicans show how small they really are...The Courts will need to stop the Dictator....
Yet he did compromise and declared National Emergency, so you utterly fail with that post. Dumbass.
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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It's been since 1986, so yeah, it can't wait anymore.
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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It's been since 1986, so yeah, it can't wait anymore.
The Wall is going to be built one way or the other, Libs can buy crying towels on Amazon.
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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It's been since 1986, so yeah, it can't wait anymore.
The Wall is going to be built one way or the other, Libs can buy crying towels on Amazon.
Is there a such thing as a "crying towel"? Or did you make that up?
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.'President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.'
"We’re talking about an invasion of our country,"
"We will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued," Trump said, adding that the federal appeals courts could well rule against his administration. "Then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we’ll get a fair shake, and we’ll win at the Supreme Court
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden."
Democrats do not have a legal leg to stand on.
The Constitutional Power for the President to do this was given to him by Congress through law.
Presidents of both parties have declared National Emergencies approx. 59 times since it was 1st used by President Jimmy Carter.
Approx 32 of those National Emergencies remain in effect.
Not only does the President continue to fight for this nation's national sovereignty, border security, safety for citizens, and for enforcement of existing US law, he continues to put on display the despicable, brazen partisan opposition to all of that for the benefit of the Democratic Party in hopes of harming the President's Re-election chances in 2020.
After rushing to embrace AOC's insane 'Green New Deal' expected to cost as much if not more that $100 TRILLION in new debt, after California and Gov Newsom refuses to give tax payers back $3.1 Billion after scrapping their high speed rail project which that money was for, the Democrats' opposition to $5 billion for securing our southern border makes it obviously clear it has nothing to do with the money.
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It's been since 1986, so yeah, it can't wait anymore.
The Wall is going to be built one way or the other, Libs can buy crying towels on Amazon.
Is there a such thing as a "crying towel"? Or did you make that up?
My Georgia girlfriend made me watch professional wrestling and 'crying towel' is accepted slang.
The intent of law was to provide rapid response to immediate emergency situations that could not wait days or weeks for congressional action. The purpose of the law was never to subvert congress. Never did the writers of the bill consider that America would have a president who would use the law to take what congress refuses to give. Trump has opened Pandora's box. Closing it may prove to be impossible, a far more serious problem than how many miles of wall Trump get's built before the election.
It's been since 1986, so yeah, it can't wait anymore.
The Wall is going to be built one way or the other, Libs can buy crying towels on Amazon.
Is there a such thing as a "crying towel"? Or did you make that up?
My Georgia girlfriend made me watch professional wrestling and 'crying towel' is accepted slang.
Was she one of the tall, skinny brunette types? Long straight hair, five 10 to 6'2", skinny but lithe? I can't say what mine told me in open chat, but I sure did like it.
Mr. Flopper, thank you for background on what was and should be. It definitely sounds reasonable. However, it was also issue specific, and only one phrase nags at me, probably for the wrong reason, but here goes: "the will of congress." That would be fine except for several harsh things about this particular congress. This congress has a number of individuals who do not speak for the majority of the American people and who take swipes at the Constitution like a goat butts a dead tree. They brought in several fresh faces this term, but one of them until stringently spoken to was mouthing off about jews as though Old World hatreds were acceptable to mainstream America. One of them recently threatened to take away peoples' rewards for a job well done or an invention made useful by raising ONLY THEIR taxes to 70%, to copy the European theatre that taxes people to an early grave in its best light. Our forefathers set in place a system of economics that reward people who come up with good ideas and placed patents and copyrights to safeguard and protect their inventions, ideas, methods. and even words in the hands of the Library of Congress. Some of these innovative persons were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths and when wealth comes their way, they often do not know how to manage finances, become overly generous to relatives, hangers on, and even the best of good causes. In other words, we try not to bury the Mozarts of America in unmarked mass graves. That's a huge mistake to raise taxes on such people. And who are they? People who turned a muddy creek bed into a precious stone that sparkles in the hearts and lives of other people.I said the purpose of the law was to limit the president because previously there were a number of acts and court rulings under which the president might declare an emergency. The actual number was 470 which were mostly replaced by the new law. Some of these required Congressional oversight and others didn't. Some were perpetual and some had expiration periods. About the only thing in common to various statues and court rulings was the requirement to notify congress. This statue, unlike most of the previous statues, required the president to specify in detail the reason for the declaration, the actions planned, records of all orders and movement of funds, and periodic report to congress.I disagree that the law was ever about limiting the executive. Under the law the "emergency" exists when the president says so. Then to end the "emergency" congress must bipartisanly act to end the "emergency." The law is to allow congress not to act. It's lazy but the natural instinct is to have someone else to it for you, which is the path to totalitarianism ... or a monarchy. If the law was about anything else, it would provide an emergency automatically ends after some period of time unless Congress acts.You know this law was meant to limit the powers of the president. The law allows the president to declare and emergency but also give congress the power to resend it.If Gramm Rudman was unconst (and the Scotus said it was) I don't see how the national emergency law survives .... unless the scotus wants to play theoretical diddlylwinks by saying "congress can change it"Libs are going to be beside themselves !
President Donald Trump will sign the border-security agreement that heads off a government shutdown but declare a national emergency at the same time to build his proposed wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The agreement contains less money than Trump wanted but heads off another government shutdown after midnight Friday. McConnell did not give any more details of the emergency declaration while speaking on the Senate floor.
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Trump will sign border bill and declare national emergency: McConnell
Published: Feb 14, 2019 3:10 p.m. ET
And McConnell will be all for amending the law to prevent misuse to just try and force spending congress won't allocate ... as soon as a dem is potus.
I think the laws really about the opposite. The revealing quote from Nixon - Frost is Nixon saying: if the president does it, it's not illegal.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Nixon-say-When-the-President-does-it-that-means-that-it-is-not-illegal
I agree the law stinks. The court actually removed veto power of the president making only a simple majority needed to resend the declaration. Unfortunately, congress passed and amendment restoring it. The act also gives the president far too much power without congressional approval.
The purpose of the law was to allow the president to act in a matter of hours in the case of a serious emergency where going to congress could take days or longer. It was also understood that the president would use this power for declarations that would have had unanimous support such as national disasters and attacks against the US such 911 and other matters in which passage by congress would have been a certainty. Until Trump, this was how the act was used. No president had used the act to subvert the will of congress.
Obviously, we need to change the law or future presidents will follow in Trump's footsteps which would be a transfer of power from congress to the president destroying valuable checks and balances. The problem is how do you get that legislation passed. Both sides are certainly drooling over the possibility of their man in the White House doing things that could never get passed by congress. Trump may well have opened Pandora's Box that has the potential of turning the government into an autocracy.
National Emergencies Act - Wikipedia
