Trump’s power to declare a national emergency is a national emergency.

[Mac1958]

I'd think once things become "normal", presidents will continue to do this, unless they can change the constitution to stop it.

Assuming we make it through this intact, there will certainly need to be new barriers in place in case is this is ever tried again.

How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia

 

[sparky]

well isn't the issue big government Mac? we all see what happens when they're the biggest game in any given country........~S~

 

[frigidweirdo]

Assuming we make it through this intact, there will certainly need to be new barriers in place in case is this is ever tried again.

How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia

Problem is the won't happen.

The US is currently incapable of the change that is required to make its democracy safe.

If one side proposes something, the other side will reject it. UNLESS something so terrible happens that one side gets destroyed or that both sides feel it was so bad, and so costly that they put things in place.

Really, the Constitution needs to be changed to have Proportional Representation, a presidency that requires more political experience than what Trump had, ie, they need to have spend time in the legislature....

 

[Leo123]

Why can Trump just say everything is an “emergency” and do whatever he wants?

When President Donald Trump announced his tariffs last week, he also declared a national emergency. According to the White House, the emergency in question is “the large and persistent trade deficit,” or the fact that the United States imports more goods than it exports.

If you’re confused about why that’s an emergency, you’re not alone. So are experts. But regardless of whether the trade deficit is an actual crisis (it isn’t), the reason Trump declared an emergency is straightforward: He wanted to invoke his emergency powers — specifically those granted to him under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — to quickly implement his new trade policy. (Had Trump not declared an emergency, he could still have implemented tariffs, but he would have had to follow certain procedures first.)

Related

• The best legal case against Trump’s tariffs, explained

There is no legal definition of an emergency. Anything can be an emergency, so long as the president deems it to be one. And while some crises — like, say, a pandemic — warrant an emergency declaration, presidents often invoke their emergency powers over events that hardly merit that level of urgency.
Why can Trump just say everything is an “emergency” and do whatever he wants?

How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers to Impose Worldwide Tariffs
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-w...ing-emergency-powers-impose-worldwide-tariffs

Do I even need to say any other prez would have had his emergency powers stripped by Congress by now? Cuz.......you know........of the impulsive recklessness. But congressional Repubs live in fear of becoming a target for retribution. So they remain silent while Don shakes his tariff rattle. He's the last person in the world who should have this broad based power.

Can we really make claim to being a great nation after electing a complete imbecile like trump?

Another Marxist screed. ^^^^^

 

[scruffy]

Another Marxist screed. ^^^^^

The leftards think they can defend President Trump by limiting his powers.

Scruffy says: Good luck with that.

 

[BluesLegend]

The American people elected their representatives that gave the President this power, the American people elected Trump.

Your attack on the rule of law is a threat to our democracy.

It's going to be agony for Dems these next 4 years not having any power to F over the American people.