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| POTUS Moving Away From Emergency Declaration At Border, Might Use 'Legal Executive Authority' Instead |
| 2019-02-09 |
| BLUF: [Hot Air] Though the White House has worked to prepare an emergency declaration invoking the president’s sweeping executive powers, several West Wing aides have warned that invoking it would alienate some conservatives who have otherwise been loyal to the White House... A more modest executive order has been under review by the White House counsel’s office for weeks, which Mulvaney has termed "legal executive authority." Both choices are likely to provide much less money than what the president has been demanding for a border wall... Privately, Mulvaney and other senior officials, including White House policy adviser Jared Kushner, have been warning Trump about the drawbacks of taking executive action or employing emergency powers. The president’s chief of staff has described an emergency declaration as something he hopes to avoid due to expected legal backlash, according to six people familiar with his thinking. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Lil' ap p lost me during the Clivan Bundy standoff, where he was all government intrusions and principles, but within 2 seconds of hearing somebody might have said an impolite word, they became dirt people who deserved to lose the situation. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-02-09 15:14 |
| #4 Not that it'll happen, but Trump needs to get Jared Wormtongue and Ivanka out of there. Should have never been there in the first place. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-02-09 12:24 |
| #3 Privately, Mulvaney and other senior officials, including White House policy adviser Jared Kushner, Of course. Not that it'll happen, but Trump needs to get Jared Wormtongue and Ivanka out of there. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-02-09 12:18 |
| #2 Well if the 'National Emergency' were to end up before the Supreme Court, there is little if any doubt how Justice Roberts would vote. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-02-09 09:40 |
| #1 The weak will always tremble. Stay the course Mr President. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-02-09 07:31 |