Is the ability to declare national emergencies extra-constitutional powers? I would agree that it is. The problem with Sen. Paul’s position is that congress already passed that law a long time ago. That horse left the barn wandered off and is now nowhere to be seen. The vote isn’t on granting Trump extra-constitutional powers, it’s on permitting Trump to use the extra-constitutional powers that have were ceded by congress and have been used repeatedly by other presidents. Sorry Sen. Paul, your time for making the argument and taking a moral stance has long gone. Way too late to try closing that barn door now.
“Is the ability to declare national emergencies extra-constitutional powers? I would agree that it is.”
In what sense? The POTUS already had those powers under the Constitution. He doesn’t need permission(a law) from congress to secure the borders.
Paul is a grandstanding moron.