Posted on 05/14/2020 6:03:57 PM PDT by Vendome
"I'm going to put it very simply: the president of the United States has the authority to do what the president has the authority to do, which is very powerful. The president of the United States calls the shots," Trump said Monday evening, pressed on his claim during a news briefing at the White House.
He continued: "When somebodys the president of the U.S., the authority is total, and thats the way its gotta be."
But experts and the Constitution say Trump is wrong. The authority to require businesses to close in a public health crisis is what is a known as a "police power," and it is reserved by the Constitution to the states, not to the federal government.
(and you you correct, it is the givenors executive power...LOL)
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Since the Covid-19 was a national emergency, the President has some temporary authority to immediately act unilaterally that he wouldn't normally have under regular order circumstances.
-PJ
A lot of these Governors are full-termers. The others may not know any better.
When the governors screech about it’s their state and they are the authority.... they can’t blame Trump. The governors can’t have it both ways either.
I agree 100%, PDJT set them up so the entire country to see what fascists the RATS really are. He did it by invoking the 10th Amendment declaring that the states are responsible for their actions and not the Feds. He basically let the RAT controlled state politicians hang themselves. Well played Mr. President.
Trump gave them what they want, and as the old saying goes; the only thing worse than not getting what you want is getting what you want.
Is that also outside of states of emergency? I believe the context of the President's response was during a state of emergency.
Title 18, section 242 is all the authority Trump needs to imprison—possibly for life—any official who attempts to enforce any lockdown order.
Under a declared national emergency
He gave them what they wanted and they took it to their detriment.
>>They continue to demonstrate their authority each time they declare two more weeks
Los Angeles is claiming 3 more MONTHS!
Right move. The Governors own it. People will blame them because they are tyrants. COVID-19 pandemic is not President Trump’s fault so the buck stops with the Governors.
He plays them like a fiddle! :)
It's always a good tactic to get your enemies to underestimate you. They think his 2016 win was a fluke.
He really does play 5th dimensional chess.
Yep. Newsome and your fascist mayors, you OWN this. Et tu Cuomo?
Yep. Newsome and your fascist mayors, you OWN this. Et tu Cuomo?
The POTUS can always overide a rogue governor by simply federalizing the National Guard.
Uh, no. That would be what Congress does.
There's the Presidential leadership we've all come to admire...
Russia hoax.
Ukraine hoax.
Impeachment hoax.
Covid hoax.
four years work by the Dems and their FakeNewsMSM collaborators culminates in the complete shut-down of the American economy.
great work.
if Americans elect Biden (or any substitute Dem puppet) in November, they can’t say they didn’t know.
time to indict the plotters, including members of the FakeNewMSM.
Garcetto owns that as does Newsome, who closed Orange County beaches because only the king decides who may frolic in his sand
He made them publicly claim their power and then let them run with it...
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