Statement by the President

whitehouse.gov ^ | Statement by the President | DONALD J. TRUMP

[ClearCase_guy]

President to House — “You’re not the boss of me!”

[SaxxonWoods]

Love it, what a great President.

[TianaHighrider]

Would anyone here be so kind to summarize this for this simple jargon lady? Much appreciated.

[DannyTN]

Thanks for the money, now go pound sand.

[oldplayer]

Now THAT’S a “signing statement.”

[DannyTN]

The dem's put lots of provisions in are unconstitutional and/or violate separation of powers and Trump is calling these provisions, and saying that because they violate his constitutional authority, those provisions won't be followed. The provisions include:

• Resrtricted personnel and material for military missions
• Required advanced notice to Congress before military actions (Remember Pelosi upset that she didn't get advanced notice of the AlBagdaghi raid?)
• Tried to restrict transfers of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
• Tried to restrict his authorities with respect to Foreign Affairs.
• Tried to prevent money being spent on enforcement of Federal Marijuana laws.
• Tried to prevent the Office of Management and Budget from validating that civil works projects conformed with applicable laws and regulations.
• Tried to make all records available to inspector generals including sensitive foriegn relations and national security records.
• Tried to make information restricted by Executive Privilege available on demand.
• Tried to dictate to the president to require him to make recommendations to Congress.
• tried to required Congressional approval before officers in the executive branch spending money that had been appropriated by Congress.

[TianaHighrider]

Thank you very much for the summary. Very appreciated.

[caww]

D-rats attempted to ‘power grab’ (again).....Trump sets them straight.

[montag813]

AKA “I don’t need no stinkin’ line-item veto!”

[faithhopecharity]

Someone in the WH can really write well

[trebb]

Throwing the gauntlet down...I love this man (in a very hetero fashion)...

[NobleFree]

Division B, section 531 of the Act provides that the Department of Justice may not use any funds made available under this Act to prevent implementation of medical marijuana laws by various States and territories. My Administration will treat this provision consistent with the President’s constitutional responsibility to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.

Division B, section 531 was passed by the same branch that passed the marijuana laws. The President’s constitutional responsibility is to either veto the bill or follow the law.

[DannyTN]

The President’s constitutional responsibility is to either veto the bill or follow the law.

Well, that's just it, he can't do both. They didn't repeal the earlier laws and they conflict with the new.

I would prefer to see the bill vetoed for all of this crap that Trump is pointing out in the Signing statement. But it would bring congressional appropriations to a standstill. And we can't have that, especially with the military. And there is precedent for using signing statements. At least Congress is on notice that certain provisions won't be followed and why. The onus is on Congress to fix it or let the President proceed as the signing statement indicates.

[NobleFree]

They didn't repeal the earlier laws and they conflict with the new.

If the new conflicted with the old - which it doesn't - then the old would automatically be repealed. When legislatures change the law, they seldom if ever pass language explicitly stating that the old law is repealed.

And there is no contradiction between saying the Controlled Substances Act remains the law, and saying no funds have been appropriated for its enforcement against state-legalized medical marijuana matters. Unenforced laws may be silly at best, but it's not generally unconstitutional for Congress to thus be silly.

[Kickass Conservative]

In other words, the Legislature used a Spending Bill to redefine Constitutional Separation of Powers.

They thought they could get away with writing a new Constitutional Amendment disguised as a Spending Bill.

[TianaHighrider]

Interesting.
However, if states want to decriminalize it, they need to push Federal Gov to do so too.

[DannyTN]

If there is no conflict with prior law, then I think this particular clause is kind of non-nonsensical. Under what situation are defense funds likely to be used to enforce marijuana laws, specifically against state medical marijuana laws???

The coast guard is going to still intercept drugs coming into the country illegally.

It's not like the military is going to invade Colorado to stop medical marijuana.

[central_va]

$1.4B for the wall is a slap in the face.

[Jane Long]

D-rats attempted to ‘power grab’ (again).....Trump sets them straight.

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