Wait, what?
What happened to OUR DEMOCRACY all of a sudden? These derps need to make up their minds.
Posted on 03/25/2020 2:47:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants the U.S. economy to reopen by Easter Sunday, April 12, despite the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in some U.S. states and a rising death toll from the disease.
Legal experts say a U.S. president has quite limited power to order citizens back to their places of employment, or cities to reopen government buildings, transportation, or local businesses. Here is why.
What does the Constitution say about who makes decisions about public welfare?
The United States is a federalist system, meaning power is shared between a national and state governments.
Under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, state governments have power to police citizens and regulate public welfare. In the country’s early years, it was up to state and local authorities to lead the response to the yellow fever epidemic, not the federal government.
Reflecting these principles, “disaster response and aid is typically state-led and federally supported,” said Steve Bunnell, the former top lawyer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a partner at O’Melveny & Myers.
This bottom-up, rather than top-down, approach to disaster relief makes sense from a policy perspective, said John Cohen, a former DHS official who teaches at Georgetown University.
“Usually, state and local officials on the ground have the best understanding of the issues affecting people in their states,” Cohen said.
The Trump administration can issue nationwide guidance, but it would be unconstitutional for the president to override stay-at-home orders from governors, said Robert Chesney, a professor of national security law at the University of Texas. Mayors or county commissioners are on the same footing as governors, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
He’s got the power of the Presidential Pulpit.
Never ever underestimate that!!!!
God, I’m sick of these negative posts. Not wasting my time.
1) Trump is Hitler
2) Trump is a Dictator
3) Trump is failing us by not seizing total control and solving all of our problems at the state and local levels
4) Who does Trump think he is? Re-open the US economy on April 12?? He doesn’t have that kind of power! What? Does he think he’s some kind of dictator??
I wish the media would make up its mind.
Wait, what?
What happened to OUR DEMOCRACY all of a sudden? These derps need to make up their minds.
That’s funny, because I heard a lot of people on the left attack Trump for not demanding a full shut down of the country. Now that he hopes he can eventually go in the other direction, they and their media spokesmen are the great defenders of federalism! LOL.
President Trump can restart the economy in a single tweet.
But, but, but, I have a phone and I have a pen!
Their minds are made up. They are against anything and everything Trump supports. That’s the one constant.
“God, I’m sick of these negative posts. Not wasting my time.”
Ditto, I just skip the thread.
Look who is suddenly all about states’ rights.
It harkens back to those absurd moments when libtards try to make believe that they’re concerned about *our soldiers*.
#SheGetDownHerKneesAndHugMe
The thought of him doing it sure panicked “I Don’t Care” Pelosi.
Reuters is getting it’s panties in a wad over President Trump as usual.
Trump can turn off the federal money spigot so he does certainly have that power!!!
“This bottom-up, rather than top-down, approach to disaster relief makes sense from a policy perspective, said John Cohen, a former DHS official who teaches at Georgetown University.
“Usually, state and local officials on the ground have the best understanding of the issues affecting people in their states,” Cohen said.
The Trump administration can issue nationwide guidance, but it would be unconstitutional for the president to override stay-at-home orders from governors, said Robert Chesney, a professor of national security law at the University of Texas. Mayors or county commissioners are on the same footing as governors, he said.
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So how did Bush fare considering the above after Katrina ?
Danny’s post wasn’t negative and if you’re talking about the thread, you got time to waste if you opened it after reading the thread title :)
Trump’s pulpit is MUCH more powerful than the wasted 6 trillion.
That’s the shame of it.
It’s Reuters. What do you expect?
I don’t think he was saying I was being negative.
The article is a negative because it says Trump is powerless.
Bottoms-up recovery is best. What is even better than local officials central planning a bottom-up recovery is for individuals to do the planning and make the recovery happen.
What I hope Trump can do is instill among his supporters a confidence for them to restart the economy. For them to form small businesses that operate initially out of garages and basements until they are big enough to rent space.
Yes if we have a grass roots economic recovery lead by Trump supporters that means that the Detroit's, Chicago's and Los Angele cities controlled by Democrats will not economically rebound.
I want all people no mater their background or education level to become passionate about free enterprise and the American Dream. Historically it has been small business that has added the most employment.
It is time for a grassroots economic revival that teaches people what the American Dream is and why they should embrace it.
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