You still have not answered my question about where the President has had his overriding authority in Foreign Affairs or anything else about the EXECUTIVE BRANCH removed by a STATUTE, which somehow trumps the CONSTITUTION. Pompeo can certify all he wants, as can the DOD, but it is still the the PRESIDENT’S branch. NOT THEIR’S. Under the constitution, they are merely advisors. They have ZERO authority that does not derive from the President.
Yes, the president can delegate his authority, but he can take it back at any time. AND YES, Constitutionally, the President CAN ignore any policy set by Congress when it impacts foreign policy. All they can do is NOT fund or limit the amount of finding on what he wants to do, as the Democrats tried to do on the border wall. They cannot force funding something when it comes to foreign policy. That is the President’s purview.
It is different on domestic policy. There, Congress can set policy.
Being that this issue is based in Foreign Policy is why this is even MORE unconstitutional than just trying to micromanage another co-equal branch of government saying that House’s policies are more important than the policies of the Executive Branch, when international conditions can change far quicker than Congress can react to them.
So is it your position that the President can spend as much of the taxpayers' money as he wants on foreign policy, or does Congress first have to appropriate it?
If Congress has to appropriate it you're acknowledging that POTUS' power over foreign affairs isn't absolute.
If you're saying they don't have to appropriate it you're completely tossing out the Constitutional order.
Yes, the president can delegate his authority, but he can take it back at any time.
True, but as far as I know he hasn't in this case. Do you have any evidence that State or Defense have withdrawn their certifications?
They cannot force funding something when it comes to foreign policy.
So you continue to say but the laws say otherwise, and have since 1974.