His obvious preferred first choice
His second offer to DEMS
(Spikes not optional — a must)
Probably
ending up with this
(And, non-effective)
Trump recently said to the public: “I may declare a national emergency to build the
wall.” I ask: What national emergency?
Related articles also here and forthcoming update here.
This Trump reminder in his own words:
I may declare a national emergency
Let me also be clear on this highly-potential legal
crisis: This is America – not another
property annex of Trump Empire, Inc., and such a move as he says he might do would
almost certainly meet with a legal challenge and end up at the U.S. Supreme
Court.
That route would not be unprecedented,
however. The high court has stopped presidents from using “National Emergency” as
a valid reason for some presidential action – and in this case with Trump and
his wall fixation certainly qualifies for the absurd.
For example, President Harry
Truman tried to nationalize the country's steel industry citing a state of
emergency during the Korean War, but the Supreme Court ruled Truman didn't
have the authority. The high court surprised Truman with its 6-3 ruling in Youngstown Sheet & Tool Company v. Sawyer (1952), when it concluded that the President
could not seize the steel mill.
Background: In
1952, the U.S. was still engaged in the Korean War when federal labor mediation
broke down between the unions and the steel industry, and the unions called a
nationwide steel strike.
Truman ordered his Secretary
of Commerce to seize and operate the nation’s steel mills. No law existed that
authorized the President to take such an action, but President Truman asserted
that responding to a wartime emergency was an “inherent power of the Presidency
necessary to promote the general welfare, as well as his responsibility as
commander in chief of the armed forces.”
The steel companies sued the
government on the ground that the President lacked the authority to take over
their industry. By acting without congressional authority, Truman had
violated the separation of powers, regardless of the emergency.
The Court ruled
that a President’s war powers could not be applied to domestic policies
confirmed that judicial power extended even to war powers, and even during a
war.
Plus, Trump would run afoul
of the courts because Congress legally still needs to earmark any federal funds
for a border wall. It is widely known that such a national emergency
declaration confers a set of special executive authorities that are designed to
give the president the power to effectively handle emergencies, such as an
outbreak of war.
So, do we now have a president
out of control, or a historically boastful man in office playing the part who
wants the country added to his real estate acquisition? For me, it’s a simple answer.
My 2 cents: It is painfully obvious almost daily that Trump has a
complex about establishing his version of a “one-man ruled America.”
That must never be allowed for any president … Trump is stretching
bounds of common sense, established constitutional law, and over 242 years of American
history.
How anyone stay with Trump with his record of lies, fraud, potential documented
crimes along with numerous others including with his former personal attorney Michael Cohen
is well known and currently being documented by S/C Robert Mueller – and as we
all anxiously await his final report later this year which will be historic and
very damaging and hopefully mark the end of this Trump madness.
Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by.
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