Any lawyers here in Freeperland?
Assume Trump declares a National Emergency in the next hour or so and declares that he will use specific funds available to him to build his wall.
Assume he signs the new appropriations bill, the Poison Pill 1.375 $Billion version passed by Congress in A WEEK OR SO.
It seems to me that at the point in time when the National Emergency is declared that while there is no 1.375 $Billion available to him there are also no Poison Pills.
Once he signs the Poison Pill bill he will be restricted as to how the 1.375 $Billion is spent but not so with the much larger National Emergency funds.
Sounds logical to me but I’m not a lawyer.
I wish President Trump would get a move on.
These talking heads on FNC are annoying as all hell.
Any lawyers here in Freeperland?
Assume Trump declares a National Emergency in the next hour or so and declares that he will use specific funds available to him to build his wall.
Assume he signs the new appropriations bill, the Poison Pill 1.375 $Billion version passed by Congress in A WEEK OR SO.
It seems to me that at the point in time when the National Emergency is declared that while there is no 1.375 $Billion available to him there are also no Poison Pills.
Once he signs the Poison Pill bill he will be restricted as to how the 1.375 $Billion is spent but not so with the much larger National Emergency funds.
Sounds logical to me but I’m not a lawyer.
I had that thought as well. Sign the emergency first, so it isn’t affected by whatever is on the funding bill (don’t know if this is how it works). Still, it seems ridiculous to sign a bill that wouldn’t let you deal with the emergency if you sign it in a different order.