Then why did he just sign a bill forbidding him from building a wall along the border, except for one small segment where the local, corrupt officials will be empowered to forbid him from building the wall?
How much of an emergency can it be to overturn a law that he just signed?
Then why did he just sign a bill forbidding him from building a wall along the border, except for one small segment where the local, corrupt officials will be empowered to forbid him from building the wall?
On what page of the bill does it say that?
I think the bill says “consult” border cities. He seems have signed off on some very bad laws about catch and release and handling children.
“Then why did he just sign a bill forbidding him from building a wall along the border, except for one small segment where the local, corrupt officials will be empowered to forbid him from building the wall?”
Signing away his authority under the Constitution. I wonder if the courts will find this legislation unconstitutional? /sarc
That does sound troublesome on the face of it.
Do you think it possible based on the advice of his legal team he believes his subsequent emergency declaration frees him to take whatever measures he deems necessary to deal with the emergency?
It ultimately may be significant that the rabid Congress is willing to provide taxpayer monies for a portion of the Wall and then in the same instrument prescribes other measures that obviously make the Wall a waste.