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riversedge

(70,087 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 10:19 AM Jan 2019

"Nothing in the National Emergencies Act gives the president the right to violate the Constitution b

Following the Law has never stopped Trump.

"Nothing in the National Emergencies Act gives the president the right to violate the Constitution by withdrawing funds from the Treasury when Congress has expressly withheld its consent," argues @LizaGoitein:

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"Nothing in the National Emergencies Act gives the president the right to violate the Constitution b (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP

Trump knows this SCantiGOP Jan 2019 #1

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)

1. Trump knows this

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Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:31 AM

Jan 2019

He would have already used the Emergency declaration before he let Nancy slap him down except he knows he will get a restraining order in a day and then never prevail in court.

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