I for one would like to punch him.
That said, since I can’t, it would be nice for the MIA, Ted Cruz to reappear and verbally support PDJT in this.
Senator Cruz, where are you?
All these people are acting like this is the first time an emergency declaration has ever been made by any President.
Its these “Republicans” who cost us the wall to begin with. They could have funded the wall day 1 of Trump’s Presidency, instead they didnt want to..and NOT only that, these same Senate Republicans voted FOR this ridiculous “Border bill” they could have killed the bill and that would have been it but instead they voted for it..not hearing any outrage over these Republicans, I want names who voted YES and who voted NO
This would be a great time for Republicans to act like Democrats and stand together and speak with one voice.
“Congress cannot delegate legislative powers to the president by statute.”
Congress has delegated its legislative powers to anyone with a sufficiently large check in their hand. As an example, much of the Obamacare legislation was literally written by industry lobbyists and we were told we should pass it to find out what was in it.
It has delegated its monetary powers to a private corporation that operates in secrecy, the Federal Reserve. Can’t even get an audit out of it now.
It has delegated many legislative powers to agencies like the EPA, which routinely make bureaucratic decisions with legislative effect.
It delegated its legislative powers over immigration to Mexican cartels.
It has delegated a wide variety of its legislative power to courts. It is the courts, not Congress, who decide the most important issues of the day; the opposite of the intended paradigm.
It delegated its war powers, arguably the most important of them all, to every President by default and abdication of duty. Look at what they stood by and let happen, with no war declaration, in Libya. Look what they let continue in Syria.
And so on and so forth. In a sense, Congress has very little power at all now, with each member’s actions tied so strongly to vested interests and calcified political coalitions.
“Justin is a member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR). He serves on the COR Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the COR Subcommittee on National Security.”
There seems to me to be be a conflict of interest between serving on these three committees.
“Congress cannot delegate legislative powers to the president by statute.””
But they seem to be delegating executive powers to themselves.
The president is over the Executive branch and is the Commander in Chief of the military.
When Congress allocates funds, it does not micromanage how these funds are spent because the implementation is part of execution rather than legislation. Legislation defines parameters, but ultimately those doing the job must do the job, and this includes spending the monies allocated.
The wall is legal. Laws already are on the books.
Using resources designated for drug enforcement and protecting the borders are specifically border security matters under the operational control of DEA and military which are part of the executive branch.
This specific matter is where the president has the GREATEST authority. It is his job to defend our nation from foreign and DOMESTIC enemies. This trumps (yes, intentional) EVERYTHING else. Without this executive power we cannot have a nation. If everything else in government fails, we MUST have an executive who can do whatever it takes to protect the nation.
This president has had to deal with a concerted effort by the Deep State and Uniparty to steal the executive office in a coup. He has had to deal with an abuse of the right to a free press which has been taken over by rich and powerful political interests to subvert our Republican form of government and freedom of religion. He has had to deal with the illegal and criminal efforts to import MILLIONS of illegal voters to steal this nation from its rightful owners.
If this president is unable to do the job the PEOPLE elected him for, the only option left is WAR.
The President has a duty to act to protect our borders.
I used to like Amash. Not anymore.
Not just SHUT UP.
STFU!
Amash can cram it. Hard and deep. Executive branch is charged with protecting the citizenry. DJT is doing his job.
Amash is failing to do hers.
And all the Paul Ryan republicans who sat on their ass for two years are to blame for not having the wall built already. Not PDJT.
We’re at this point because of essentially one man and his underlings
Feel good Catholic illegals loving Paul Ryan
Gutless losers!
I agree: SHUT UP, you worthless cowardly RINOS! Trump is the best thing to happen to our country since Ronald Reagan. Just STFU!!!
Congress passed laws. The President is utilizing those laws. Congress cannot ‘claw back’ laws just because they don’t like what the President is doing.
“Congress cannot delegate legislative powers to the president by statute.”
What a complete ass. The gutless US congress has been giving up its legislative power to the courts and the bureaucracy for 100 years.
The gutless US Congress best start worrying about being hanged from lampposts.
They are paid to oppose: not by our taxes, but by donors’ bribes.