Republicans, from Mark Meadows to RINO types, are building a case against Trump's threat to declare a national emergency as a means of funding more walls at the southern border. They claim that if Trump does this, it will "set a bad precedent" (here, here, here, here, and here).
Really?
A precedent is a change in how things are done and lays the groundwork for more of the same to follow. It can be used as a point of reference for similar actions in the future.
To say it would set a bad precedent if Trump declared a national emergency is ridiculous in light of the fact that fifty-eight national emergencies have been declared since 1976, when the National Emergencies Act was signed into law. Thirty-one of these declared emergencies remain in effect.
The other argument you sometimes hear is that if Trump used his executive authority to declare a national emergency, then the Democrats may use this same tool in the future.
Um. Excuse me. But I'm sure the Democrats are aware of this tool and won't hesitate to use it when they win the White House one day, irrespective of whether Trump uses it for the wall or not (although they would claim he set the precedent). In case you haven't noticed, Democrats use every tool at their disposal to advance their agenda.
Then there are those who say that if Trump declares a national emergency, the wall will never get built, because the declaration will get tied up in court. Andrew McCarthy made the case that the declaration would immediately be blocked in a district court. McCarthy noted that it would take months to work its way through the courts, during which time attention would be deflected from the crisis at the border
I asked you if you missed the leftist's years of clintoon and obamaroid, both of whom declared more than once a state of emergency. Yes, I missed it entirely.
(eye roll)
They were invariably bullshit then, as it is now. Which is the point.
I understand why you want it to be an "emergency."
Good luck when the leftists and the progressives pull the same mental gymnastics to do the same thing, and a plurality of the country thinks it's a-okay.
RE: I understand why you want it to be an “emergency.”
It’s not that I want it. IT IS ONE.
Thousands of illegal caravan migrants wanting to rush our borders, taxed border enforcement agents, MS-13 gangs with drug dealers pouring in, tens of billions spent to house, educate and give healthcare to those who are able to breach the border, an uncooperative Congress.... man, this, including millions of unaccounted for illegals already in this country. Sanctuary cities in California, we’ve dilly dallied too long on this already. Pretty soon, we’re not going to have a country.
If this is not an emergency compared to those declared by other Presidents in the past, we’ll just have to repeal the bill as it is pretty much useless.