Barr Lays Down the Law
As I explained some time ago, President Trump certainly has the legal authority to declare an emergency and take various actions under the auspices of the declaration, including moving around funds already appropriated, seizing private property, and a number of other actions broadly understood to be within his Article II powers. On Friday, a number of wretched Republican fools, a Dirty Dozen, joined with Democrats in voting to overturn that declaration. President Trump then immediately vetoed that resolution, and since there are insufficient votes to overturn his veto, the declared emergency will stand. New Attorney General William Barr had a few words to say on the subject:
What Barr makes clear is what Mark Levin, myself, and many others have asserted: This is well within the authority of the President of the United States.
It’s time for the #GOPDirtyDozen to apologize to the President, and to the American people. Here’s what you can do: The next time these Senators come up for re-election, make sure they have a plausible primary challenger and send all of them home:
@LamarAlexander(TN)@SenatorCollins(ME)@SenMikeLee(UT) (The most disappointing on the list)@lisamurkowski@RoyBlunt(MO)@RandPaul(KY)@SenToomey(PA)@robportman(OH)@JerryMoran(KS)@marcorubio(FL)@RogerWicker(MS)@MittRomney(UT) (The least surprising on this list)
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