Posted on 06/17/2016 9:03:03 AM PDT by lodi90
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has made clear he doesn't agree with a proposal put forward by Donald Trump -- whom Ryan has endorsed -- to ban Muslim immigration into the United States, but in an interview with the Huffington Post Thursday, Ryan floated taking a President Trump to court if he tried to implement such a ban or some of his other controversial proposals unilaterally.
“I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers,” Ryan said in a back-and-forth about Trump's claims that he could implement a Muslim ban or build a Mexican border wall without congressional approval.
Ryan said he wasn't sure of the "legal question" of whether Trump could institute a Muslim ban on his own as president.
“That’s a legal question that there’s a good debate about,” he said, citing the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act.
"On the broader question, are we going to exert our Article I powers and reclaim this Article I power no matter who the president is? Absolutely," Ryan said. He also said he discussed the limits of the executive power with Trump.
In the interview, Ryan said his endorsement of real estate mogul did not give Trump “a blank check,” and that he was still trying to achieve "real unity" between the presumptive nominee and his caucus.
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The establishment puppet dancing on his masters strings.
Hilarious considering Boehner and McTurtle have given Obama a blank check.
F*ckin’ hypocrites. All of a sudden they’re bleating about checks and balances.
On behalf of people who want to kill us. For that they’re willing to stand up for the Constitution.
Does Ryan’s constant 5:00 shadow mean he is identifying with Muslims?
Do we now have LBGTQXXXXXXXXM?
“I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers,”
But Ryan doesn’t sue Obama, does he?
It’s really hard to reply to this without swearing my head off. Trump can do this legally. It’s under the President’s juristiction and it’s been talked about again and again. The fact that Ryan doesn’t know this speaks volumes.
Ryan is a beltway careerist who happily prostitutes himself to the Cheap Labor Express.
Taking on the new leader of the GOP is not a good idea Speaker.
He’s deeply confused.
No obeying them ever.
Trump is your party’s nominee, you idiot.
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Trump is the GOP nominee, but Ryan’s fealty is to the Cheap Labor Express.
I am done with even commenting on the Cretin Ryan.
Just suffice it to say that if he dropped dead I would consider that an excellent reason to pop the best champagne I have in celebration of the event.
I want this little prick to explain just HOW he intends to file suit when it is a precedent for the POTUS to do so.
I'd pay good money to get this bastard alone in a locked room for 10 minutes!
Yup.
Seems like the good people of his WI district like how Ryan does his job.
And its tough to beat an incumbent, especially a sitting House Speaker.
Opposed? He enabled/supported.
Ryno STFU
Ryan voters are Hillary voters... and traitors.
Ryan is figuring Hillary will win, and the GOP-e will be preserved.
He’s deeply an a$$.....
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