The Trump Presidency : Year III

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor

January 27, 2019, 09:50 PM

nhtagmember

yes, she is

January 27, 2019, 10:14 PM

6guns

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...5if8tbKXdd7PJLrLaJmM

NATO head: Trump's tough talk has added $100B to alliance, helped deter Russia

January 28, 2019, 10:19 AM

PASig

quote:
Originally posted by wcb6092:
Pelosi To Block Trump's SOTU Address Despite Government Reopening

Is she going to try some bullshit like block him over the next 3 weeks?

He needs to tell her she's not in charge and it will happen next Tuesday.

friggen' BITCH!

January 28, 2019, 10:36 AM

chellim1

quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
they didn't have any trouble declaring an emergency and closing the borders on 9/11

I don't see the difference now

except the dems don't want America to succeed and be prosperous
Actually, I think the prime drivers are that the Democrats don't want Presidnet Trump to have any kind of a victory, AND they want all those illegals to come in and become/birth Democrat voters.

flashguy, that's exactly what's going on:

Trump’s only option: Declare a National Emergency, build the wall, and declare victory
Trump could spend double what he sought from Pelosi for the border wall. He who laughs last, laughs best.

https://legalinsurrection.com/...and-declare-victory/

Nancy Pelosi is a vile, disgusting creature.

January 28, 2019, 10:47 AM

nhtagmember

give it from the Oval Office

or give it from the lobby of the del Coronado

those that want to listen will tune in, the democrats won't

January 28, 2019, 10:50 AM

ChicagoSigMan

It's time to start a pool on the reasoning behind the 9th Circuit's inevitable stay of Trump's attempt to declare an emergency and build the wall. Which (or what combination) of the following will it be:

1. Trump lacks authority to declare an emergency
2. Trump lacks authority to spend money not specifically authorized by Congress
3. Insufficient study of environmental impact of a wall.
4. Violation of Equal Protection Clause
5. Violation of Due Process
6. Infringing on states' rights
7. Trump is not the "legitimate" president and cannot exercise executive authority.
8. There is no mention of "Borders" in the Constitution, so the President has no power to defend them.
9. The "General Welfare" Clause of the Constitution forbids enforcement of exclusionary immigration policies.
10. Forcing immigrants to climb a really tall wall to gain their illegal entry into the US is cruel and unusual punishment that violates the 8th amendment.
11. Trump is a meanie.
12. nana nana boo boo

January 28, 2019, 11:05 AM

chellim1

quote:
Which (or what combination) of the following will it be:

I like your list... but "At this point, what difference does it make?"

We know what the 9th Circus is going to do...
They will attempt to cloak their hatred of Trump in the Constitution, and nearly half of SCOTUS will affirm them, because Trump is a meanie.

But if there are currently 31 active National Emergencies, I think a bare majority of SCOTUS will vote to overturn the lower fed. court.

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There are currently 31 active National Emergencies, and 58 national emergencies have been declared since the National Emergencies Act of 1976 was signed into law by President Gerald Ford.

Most of the National Emergencies don’t sound like “national emergencies” in any real sense (see links above). They sound more like serious situations where the president uses the powers given him by statute and the Constitution to address national security problems.

Trump’s authority would come not only from the National Emergencies Act, but also his power to control who may enter the U.S. and to protect the nation, as spelled out in the Supreme Court’s decision in the travel order case:

For more than a century, this Court has recognized that the admission and exclusion of foreign nationals is a “fundamental sovereign attribute exercised by the Government’s political departments largely immune from judicial control.” Fiallo v. Bell, 430 U. S. 787, 792 (1977); see Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U. S. 580, 588–589 (1952) (“[A]ny policy toward aliens is vitally and intricately interwoven with contemporaneous policies in regard to the conduct of foreign relations [and] the war power.”). Because decisions in these matters may implicate “relations with foreign powers,” or involve “classifications defined in the light of changing political and economic circumstances,”such judgments “are frequently of a character more appropriate to either the Legislature or the Executive.” Mathews v. Diaz, 426 U. S. 67, 81 (1976).

January 28, 2019, 11:42 AM

justjoe

Trump doesn't pull many punches, but I think the time has come for him to really let it all fly now, no holding back. In his state of the Union, he should come right out and say that the Democrat Party, lead by Obama and Hillary, along with Pelosi and Schumer, have for many years now been working to establish a totalitarian state in America. --And then just detail the whole scheme, what so many of us have noted for a long time now: weaponizing the agencies of the Federal government. Review what has been done, especially to the FBI, the IRS and the DOJ.

From there focus on the abomination that has been the Mueller "investigation"-- which is nothing but an attempted coup.

And maybe finish on the topic of the wall, and why it is that the Democrats-- and their RINO toadies-- want an endless influx of illegals into the country.

We have been witnessing a sustained attempt to create a totalitarian state in the USA. Maybe say this while there is video of Roger Stone's arrest, with 29 FBI agents in 17 vehicles, and agents in full armor pounding on his door, taking him-- a 66 year old, unarmed man-- taking him out in handcuffs and leg irons.

Uppercut, left hook, right hook. Lay them right the fuck out on the canvas.

After just five minutes of this speech, half the country would be on their feet and cheering. Jumping in place. Applauding. Waaa-hooo-ing. Crying with joy.

Only Trump would dare this. And it might well be now or never.

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January 28, 2019, 01:15 PM

Gustofer

Some dumb broad (Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report...whatever that is) stated that,

quote:
"On every issue, whether it's who do you blame for the shutdown to who do you think is doing a better job on border security, the President and Republicans are losing."

I'd love to know what these people are smoking. They are delusional.

The commies are doing a better job on border security? Really? They are doing NOTHING on border security. Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle! I don't know how much more of this bullshit I can take.

January 28, 2019, 01:20 PM

chellim1

quote:
Some dumb broad (Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report...whatever that is)

Cook Political Report is written BY the commies FOR the commies. No one else reads it or cares.

Amy Walter is an American political analyst, currently serving as national editor of The Cook Political Report. Before this, she served as the political director of ABC News...
Her "Spouse" is Kathryn Hamm.

January 28, 2019, 05:10 PM

flashguy

I vote for 3, 5, and 6.

flashguy

January 28, 2019, 05:14 PM

a1abdj

quote:
I'd love to know what these people are smoking. They are delusional.

Leftists operate 100% on emotion.

If they woke up and thought that water was dry, then water would no longer be wet. Scientific fact!

January 28, 2019, 05:18 PM

olfuzzy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday invited President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on February 5.

The invitation from Pelosi comes after a planned January 29 date to give the address was scuttled due to the partial government shutdown. That led to a contentious back-and-forth between Trump and the House speaker before the president announced a deal to reopen the government on January 25.

“When I wrote to you on January 23rd, I stated that we should work together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has reopened to schedule this year’s State of the Union address," Pelosi wrote in her new invitation to Trump. "In our conversation today, we agreed on February 5th.

"Therefore, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress on February 5, 2019 in the House Chamber."

Shortly after receiving the invite, the president accepted.

"Thank you for your letter inviting me to deliver the State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 5, 2019," Trump wrote in reply. "It is my great honor to accept. We have a great story to tell and yet, great goals to achieve.

"I look forward to seeing you on the 5th."

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...ddress-on-february-5

January 28, 2019, 07:45 PM

Cliff

Joey D 1/28/19

INTERVIEW - JOE DIGENOVA - legal analyst and former U.S. Attorney to the District of Columbia – discussed Roger Stone’s indictment and the president’s legal options for securing border wall funding.

Roger Stone indicted on charges brought by special counsel. (CNN) Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. He was arrested by the FBI Friday morning at his home in Florida, his lawyer tells CNN. Stone was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on seven counts, including one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
Should Trump declare a national emergency and if he does, will it be legally thwarted? If Trump declares a national emergency, could Congress or the courts reverse it?
Will Trump use a national emergency to end the shutdown? The possibility that President Donald Trump might declare a “national emergency” so that he could gain access to the funds he’d need to build his border wall without a new appropriation from Congress has set off a debate over the troubling scope of the National Emergencies Act of 1976. Earlier in January, Trump claimed he was tabling that idea, but a new report from CNN on Thursday suggests he may yet declare an emergency.