[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Except that the bill he just signed will very likely be used to keep him from doing just that. He should have vetoed that POS. When Oh When will we get the line item veto for the Oval Office? I know...double edged sword but...it would have been handy this week.

[DoughtyOne]

He signed the bill because the votes in both Congressional bodies were higher than the votes required to override his veto.

There was no benefit from playing the part of a person who wanted to shut down the government again.

Look folks, he can’t do it alone, and we need to quit playing as if that isn’t exactly what he has to do.

He got us the wall. He will prevail on that issue. If he doesn’t the nation is gone anyway.

[Cementjungle]

https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-statement-by-the-president-1832661191/amp?__twitter_impression=true

[monkeyshine]

I read a good article about Presidential Emergencies. Congress has given POTUS the right to redirect funds in case of emergency. There are something like 30+ active 'emergencies' ongoing that various POTUS have declared, some going back to the Clinton regime. There are many more that have been declared but have been unwound.

As far as legal challenges:

1) Congress cannot 'claw back' a law. They gave POTUS the right to do this. They cannot stop it willy nilly they need to pass another law which of course POTUS won't sign - no POTUS will ever likely sign such a law that reduces the power of the office.

2) Legal challenges have been ruled extensively on this question. Of course, any court might rule any way it wishes but on the question of the right of POTUS to declare an emergency and redirect funds has been decided in favor of POTUS at the USSC decades ago.

3) Emminent domain challenges are unlikely to hold up - the USSC passed a really crappy ruling allowing government to take just about any land at any time for any reason. Those who wish to challenge land takings will first need to exhaust their administrative options before a case will be come 'ripe' (allowed into court); and then very likely to fail. The only question is compensation.

As far as politics goes, POTUS made some great comments at the SOTU speech. Something like 60% of women who are smuggled into the country are sexually assaulted along the way. Many people are put into intendured servitude and the sex trade. The amount of drugs coming across is unprecedented. He shoul focus on this a lot more - make the Dems look like they support sexual assault and slavery and drug dealers.

But POTUS is also imo missing an opportunity to make his personal. He lost his brother to substance abuse. Personally I think this is what is motivating him more than anything... not some made up 'hatred for hispanics' but the desire to make up for the loss of his brother. He should put this out in front. He did during the campaign, he should remind the American people why he needs to do this.

[Black Agnes]

“When Oh When will we get the line item veto for the Oval Office?”

Supreme court ruled that unconstitutional back in the 90’s.

[xzins]

He is saying that Congress could have funded it. That that would have been a better way. And 1 billion at a time is too slow. That’s exactly what he was saying. He’s been saying it all along.

[marajade]

Congress had enough votes to override it.