Posted on 04/13/2020 9:14:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
President Trump on Monday declared that he alone has the authority to open up the states.
Trump said the decision will be up to him for many good reasons even though state governors have issued mandatory stay-at-home orders and have specific powers to do so under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect Trump wrote on Twitter.
It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons. With that being said, the Administration and I are working closely with the Governors, and this will continue. A decision by me, in conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made shortly!
Trump did not specify what authority he would use to force states to re-open. Governors have wide powers to control their own states, and the 10th Amendment says The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Dont mess with Texas. Youll wind up with a busted nose, Mr President.
I concur with him too!
I agree. In order to save the union.
Is the headline click-bait?
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Is the Pope a Catholic? (No. Scratch that. He’s not. Need to find another snarky answer)
Yep....agree.
“The smartest approach Trump could take would be to encourage the reopening decisions to be made at the state and local level.”
Why? 24 US States are controlled by domestic enemy governors, who hate all for which America stands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_governors
+1000!!
The Texas governor is already set to open up the economy this week, no?
24 enemies = 24 gallows
Makes his announcement @ 11:30 today, so well know in 2 min.
I’m waiting with bated breath to see how Baby-Face-Beshear in Kentucky reacts. Inspite of Beshear’s election, Kentucky is for Trump with the throttle pegged into the firewall and he knows it.
My guess is if any Dem caves, he’ll be the first to do so.
Oh gawd, please not JIvanka.
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Do Bears play Pinochle in the woods?
And he better do it before the Rat Governors do. These friggin rats once they realize they cant tank the economy with the fudging of the numbers and their lockdown policies, they will switch in a matter of an afternoon and start taking credit for their State’s recoveries... smmfh...
He didn’t shut them down. How can he be the only one who can open them?
Send in the Marines?
Trump, or any other president, cannot order a state to undeclare an emergency. He can, however, declare from the fed level that the emergency is over, and turn off the money spigot...
Not based on the structure of Emergency Management as its defined.
But whatever. No one has been really interested in this is all supposed to work since the beginning.
So, everyone just do what you want. Lol.
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