~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Article II Section III gives the president the authority to call a special session of Congress. The DOJ apparently affirmed this authority in a 1947 opinion: https://t.co/1DXCGrzyBJ— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The important factor would appear to be not the nature of the recess or ad- journment but, rather, that the Congress is not in session and that an extraordinary occasion has arisen which requires that it be in session and that it convene...— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..., therefore, at a date earlier than it otherwise would. It is beyond question that the two houses of the Congress do not have the power, even by statute, to defeat the constitutional power of the President"— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And on adjournment: https://t.co/p6mhtBUlP0— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.@realDonaldTrump says he has the constitutional authority to adjourn Congress. A senior official points me to Article II, Section 2: “in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper”— jonkarl (@jonkarl) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The President's emergency powers during a national crisis extend to ORDERING Congress to be in session.
Nancy either does not know this or never dreamed Trump will invoke it long before May 4 gets here.— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Would it surprise you to learn that it was game-planned out long ago what to do if a national emergency arose that requires Congress to be in session, but for whatever reason, the people controlling 1 part of the Congress refused to be in session?— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nancy Pelosi fully intends to hold the country hostage if her demands are not met by keeping the House out of session until May 4.
She's about to get the shock of her life.— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nancy may have some fantasy that the Democratic Party will able to LITIGATE this issue for the next 2 weeks if Trump right NOW **ordered the House back into session** during a declared national emergency.
But she's wrong.— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~She'd be asking the Supreme Court review **already established law** that's been unchallenged since 1947.
Even assuming she's successful in asking the Courts to review this again, it would be immediately fast tracked straight to the Supreme Court in just several days.— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
Look at every other freaking DUMB thing Nancy has done in the past 2 years and of COURSE she'd do this.
Absolutely she will challenge Trump's authority to order the House back into session during a national emergency. https://t.co/CTqbtAmsT2— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) April 15, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsJvOvhyHeQ
video at link above. Thanks, Anon! covers Fed, DS, more. I’m only a few minutes in, but so far excellent!
One thing that made my ears prick up is the mention that the CBankers are on a different calendar. Worth looking into, perhaps.
There are new bunch of constitutional scholars I see.