As expected, President Trump took to the podium in the Rose Garden to declare a National Emergency for “virtual invasion purposes” at the southern border.
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President Trump said he’ll sign the final paper work to declare a national emergency to fund his wall as soon as he gets back to his office — and he’s already anticipating a legal challenge.
“So the order is signed. And I’ll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office. And we will have a national emergency,” Trump said.
After he signs national emergency and executive action paperwork, Trump said, “We will then be sued,” rattling off a possible chain of events, which included bad ruling in the 9th Circuit Court, which he has previously lamented.“We will possibly get another bad ruling, and then we’ll get another bad ruling, and then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court,” Trump said, comparing the process to challenges to his administration’s travel ban.
“And then, hopefully, we’ll get a fair shake.”
The move is certain to draw both congressional and legal scrutiny.
Ugh.Report
Well he did admit it isn’t an emergency, he just wants to do it faster. That makes it better, right?Report
He is a moron and a fascist. Somehow the moron bit often saves us from the fascist bit.
Still waiting for the knee-jerk contrarians to chime in so they can own the libs.Report
“Trump is a moron.” Fact check: true.
That he’s a moron isn’t really relevant to a discussion about the decision he made since he has the backing of the congressional GOP. Make of that what you will. 🙂Report
I think it is though – when declaring an emergency, knowing it will likely end up facing a court challenge, a non-moron will avoid admitting in the very same public speech where he announces the emergency that he knows perfectly well there isn’t really an emergency and this is just a way of making an end-run around established procedures.
Kind of the same way that a non-moron wishing to unconstitutionally bar Muslims from entering the country would avoid first declaring that what he intends is that unconstitutional thing, and as each successive executive order is released noting that this is an attempt to couch his unconstitutional goal in plausibly deniable language.
Because it’s only plausibly deniable if it’s consistently denied. As anyone who’s not a moron would know and be able to keep up.Report
Why are we talking about an obscure political figure when the real news is about the Tobias Smollett hoax?Report