(02-15-2019 01:23 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: Trump has declared a national emergency so that he can fund a border wall.
Thoughts?
My thoughts on use of executive power are pretty simple.
SCOTUS put a three part test into place (the Youngstown Steel decision (1950's)) that is dead on. The President has huge amount of executive power when the Congress acts in conjunction with him and gives *some* underlying authority; medium amount when Congress is silent; and it is at its ebb when Congress speaks to the contrary.
Trumps decision here falls somewhere between the last two, from what I can see. Congress has spoken, but that 'voice' (while not necessarily in direct contradiction to Trump's move), is at least in the negative vein.
Trump moved in the same manner that Obama moved for DACA and DAPA -- and I felt those were over-extensions.
Additionally, the precedent of 'declaring a national emergency' is not a good one for this. One could see President Harris declaring a 'national emergency' on the use of firearms in the same vein exercised here.
But, I am in agreement with Owl#s two points above as well.
I guess calling out the literal importation of Democratic leaning constituencies as somehow 'nihilistic' and/or condescending. The simple fact that Latino communities vote *overwhelmingly* Democratic is a verbotten subject? Or is the simple fact that the Democratic community wants to open all the doors for them a verbotten subject? Which one there is the electric rail now?
If those two facts 'vilify'...... (need I complete the query?)
If I didnt know better I would think that OONH2 is getting his dog-whistle themed warrior tom-tom warmed up.
Edited to add: Has someone done a detailed analysis of why the 31 currently active states of emergency are legitimate, and the newest one concerning the US-Mexico border is not? (from something that was forwarded to me) That is, aside from this one being Trump and the subject being the border? I mean, that patch of topic-paired ground is as active and volatile as the DMZ north of Seoul.....
Edited to add (2) : I am so glad that the Progressives how now joined common cause to rail against Executive power. But, I wonder how fickle that common cause will be. Their rank silence during the Obama years echoes loudly.