Posted on 05/19/2020 5:23:18 AM PDT by knighthawk
President Trump told governors on a conference call Monday that he "will step in" if the federal government disagrees with state reopening plans, as he largely expressed satisfaction with how the governors are moving to lift coronavirus restrictions in their individual states, according to a report.
Trump, whose administration last month revealed guidelines for when states should begin lifting stay-at-home orders and other social distancing measures meant to slow the spread of the virus, has vocally pushed for the rapid reopening of the economy. The president said in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo last week that his critics want the economy to remain shuttered until the November election, calling Democrats' reluctance to lift the coronavirus measures "a political thing."
"The governors are making their decisions, and want to make their decisions, and that's the way I want it to, and we will step in if we see something going wrong, or if we disagree, and some people say that's nice, and some people say I shouldn't be doing that, but we're going to do it if we see something wrong," Trump said to the governors Monday, according to audio of the call obtained by CBS.
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The necessary and proper clause provided in the Constitution gives the Congress major leeway in passing laws. You never hear a Congressman question the constitutionality of any law they take up.
The nuclear football is a good example of, as I mentioned, delegated power from the Congress to the president. The Founders certainly never envisioned giving a president the power to, on his own, vaporize an enemy.
Good! I’ve been waiting and hoping for this. One thing he can do, of course, is get the DOJ involved, because civil rights are being violated on a massive scale.
In MA. bars and gyms are going to be the last to open. Baker gave us hair salons and barbershops yesterday. Restaurants, elective surgery nail salons have to wait ,at a minimum, 3 weeks more. Restaurants here are starting to go under. We got the usual talking point..it’s all about the science and health, meanwhile people are losing their life’s work.
Incorrect.
You neglect “and Proper”.
A “N&P” example is paying salaries to federal employees.
But just because something seems necessary, if it is also not proper it is not “necessary and proper”.
And do you seriously believe that lovers of Arbitrary government, lusting after power in all circumstances whatsoever would EVER question their right to do as they pleased?
As for your last point, there had already been considerable improvement in Arms and Munitions during the lives of the Founders, which they were often greatly interested in, and showed no hint of believing that the deadliness of same would somehow cease to increase over time. Saying they didn’t envision a particular weapon to be placed under the authority of the Commander in Chief, the civilian head of the armed forces, is meaningless to the fact that they foresaw the need for Congress in the future to write the rules and regulations for armed forces.
If your contention, one not uncommon, had been the case they might have felt themselves able to write such rules for all time, rather than leaving it a Power to Congresses in the future.
DOJ support Federal lawsuits by individuals and business establishments”
Even that may not help. The SC already let stand the Pennsylvania SC’s ruling that the Governor was within his right to suspend the Constitution indefinitely.
Call out national guard to keep the hair salons open ...
“Saying they didn’t envision a particular weapon to be placed under the authority of the Commander in Chief, the civilian head of the armed forces, is meaningless to the fact that they foresaw the need for Congress in the future to write the rules and regulations for armed forces.”
You must have reading comprehension problems. In case you can’t understand what delegation of powers mean, it means that “they foresaw the need for Congress in the future to write the rules and regulations armed forces.” Therefore, Congress delegated that the president shall have the use of a nuclear football.
I don’t know what you are arguing about. Just because I relate how Congress works doesn’t mean I agree with it. Most of the laws they pass are unconstitutional.
I’m not saying I like it. I don’t.
But it is, as they say, “settled law”.
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Funny how the Law had to be unsettled for their “settled law” to exist.
Even early progressives were scum.
That’s pretty much what JFK did to force desegregation of The South, wait no it’s not. He sent in federal troops.
Worse thing is that there are no metrics on how to reach “green”.
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Oh but there is one metric: Democrat wins the POTUS election.
For example?
Pick any one from the 1960s.
Forbidding gatherings without a valid state of emergency. Arresting people for not wearing masks.
This isn’t hard. A gov is not allowed to violate the US constitution.
Trump declared a state of emergency in March.
Arresting people for not wearing masks.
What are they charged with?
This isn’t hard. A gov is not allowed to violate the US constitution.
Agreed. But are they violating it? That would be a matter for the courts.
so do what a lot of people i have seen do. wear it with the top of the mask below your nose. You are still wearing a mask which is all they care about
So far, courts (except PA) are supporting the people.
Trump’s state of emergency is questionable in terms of its application to states.
They are arresting people for violating the governor’s orders, I guess. It’s happening a lot. Check out the stories.
I think the whole social distance crap is a violation of 5th amendment rights.
It seems to me that governors STOPPING consumption is the equivalent to what was originally ruled. If it gets back into the SC, at least there would be the opportunity to overturn that abomination and defang the misapplication of the Commerce Clause.
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