President Trump is wrong when he says the authority of the President it total to overrule governors and local authorities on shutdown measures. President Trump was right in recent weeks when he said he could not order a nationwide shutdown, because of the Constitution and federalism. He was right then, but is wrong now. It is indeed a Tenth Amendment issue.
Agreed.
President Trump's authority in this matter comes from the declaration of emergency as authorized by Congress, and is limited to what is covered by that declaration.
Remember that Obama waited for six months, 20,000 Americans hospitalized, and 1,000 deaths before declaring that declaration of emergency.
I'm sure that he has broad authority pursuant to the Congressional act, but it is not absolute and does have boundaries (which I do not know the limits of).
-PJ
The National Defense Production Act.
He can declare any business vital to the national defense.
President Trump said that he had the say-so —within the scope of the situation—.
In other cases, when it wasn’t within the scope of the situation, he said —its up to each governor—.
Charles Henrickson wrote:
“President Trump is wrong when he says the authority of the President it total to overrule governors and local authorities on shutdown measures. President Trump was right in recent weeks when he said he could not order a nationwide shutdown, because of the Constitution and federalism. He was right then, but is wrong now. It is indeed a Tenth Amendment issue.”