Posted on 02/13/2025 11:00:08 AM PST by Renkluaf
The Democrats claim that there is a constitutional crisis taking place because Donald Trump is exerting control over the federal government. To that end, they’ve turned to activist judges to issue emergency injunctions freezing all Trump’s actions to end waste, abuse, and fraud in the government. However, 157 years ago, the Supreme Court laid down the law: Managing the federal government is the president’s job, and courts may not interfere. The only option is impeachment, not legal action, for this is a political issue.
As a lawyer, you’d think I would have known about the Supreme Court’s 1867 decision in Mississippi v. Johnson, but I didn’t. Instead, I learned of it through my colleague JR Dunn. JR mostly works behind the scenes, which hides from you how extraordinarily brilliant and knowledgeable he is. Indeed, I’ve never met anyone else with such an encyclopedic brain.
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Thank you for posting.
Thank you for posting.
Interesting. Thanks
It doesn’t matter to the demon party about the plain language of the constitution or SCOTUS precedent. The only thing that matters is what THEY want. Our side can apply to Law and the courts all we want but they will go right on wiping their asses with reason and our law as they have been doing. Take the case of NY and sanctuary, Hocul will at no time ever back down. Period. She laughs at at Courts and Law. I doubt she believes anyone is going to put her in jail, so that is what I’d do. In a NY minute.
It doesn’t matter. SCOTUS also ruled that “Fraud vitiates everything.” How did that work out for us?
This is what “Lexis-Nexis” and “West” is for!
Genius is good to have, but, sheesh...finding SCOTUS precedent on a given legal issue isn’t exactly brain surgery these days.
157 years ago, the Supreme Court laid down the law: Managing the federal government is the president’s job, and courts may not interfere.
The Supreme Court and constitution are the two top things on the list that democrats have been working to kill for years.
bkmk
It is “a constipation crisis” (Mark Levin).
He always gets things right
It needs to speak again.
There are four Constitutional powers at play here.
Article I Section 7 Clause 1
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
This is the power to authorize spending. Congress must pass legislation to authorize the raising of revenue to be spent on something.
Article I Section 9 Clause 7
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;
This is the power to appropriate the money from the Treasury. Congress makes the funds available to be spent.
Article II Section 3
he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed
This is the power to spend. The President has the power to execute the laws that appropriated the money from Congress to enable the laws passed by Congress.
Article I Section 9 Clause 7
and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
This is the power to audit and reconcile that the money spent was used for the purposes that they were authorized and appropriated.
This is what President Trump is trying to do, and this is what Democrats in Congress are trying to get the Courts to block.
President Trump must cite Article I Section 9 and tell the courts that he is taking care that the laws are being faithfully executed, and doesn't recognize their power to interfere with his Executive authority to do so.
H/T - PJ (Political Junkie Too)
BTTT
Thanks for posting!
I certainly hope and pray that POTUS’ Legal Eagles are aware of this old SCOTUS decision!
By my reading of it, President Trump can keep on keeping on with Elon and the DOGE boys and keep issuing EO’s, so long as they pass constitutional muster.
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