Even Congress’ research arm vouches for Trump’s border funding authority

The political class, including many conservative insiders, will look at you with wild eyes if you suggest that president has the authority to either declare an emergency at our border or use defense funds for an operation that should be the highest priority of national defense. But Congress’ own research arm makes it clear that such delegated authority to the president has been the norm since our Founding. While many have complained that the 1976 National Emergencies Act (NEA) is too broad, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) memo, which was first posted by the Daily Caller, makes it clear that that this act actually limited the president’s authority relative to what it was before: By 1973, Congress had enacted over 470 statutes granting the President special authorities upon the declaration of a “national emergency,” but had imposed no substantive or procedural limitations on either the President’s discretion to declare an emergency or the duration of such emergencies. After a Special Committee of the Senate concluded in a 1973 report that the President’s crisis powers “confer[red] enough authority to rule the country without reference to normal constitutional process,” Congress enacted the NEA in 1976 to pare back the President’s emergency authorities. But if you look at the text of the NEA, the only substantive burdens it placed on the president during such a declaration are to articulate which statue he is using, publish the proclamation in the federal register, and transmit to Congress all relevant regulations and expenditures under such declaration. It also forces the president to renew the declaration every year and authorizes Congress to disapprove of the declaration with a two-thirds vote in both houses. In other words, it mandated more transparency on the president relative to our prior history, but never imposed upon him legally enforceable conditions for

https://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-investigation

Watch this and realize how much illegals take from us taxpayers. Illegals claim many children on their taxes. One claimed 20 kids and 4 families living in his trailer. Turned out he had a wife and one child. He got 30,000 in tax refund. How much do you get?

I do not know if this will be deleted or not.

I have long suspected that the Presudent is not served well by his advisers intentionally or unintentionally. This is not a new “nuanced” power carved out of some obscure law. It is a Constitutional Presidential right and duty confirmed by the Congress. Another example is the President’s right to convene Congress any time he chooses. He does not need to be invited by the Speaker of the House.

Trump needs to build the wall without giving a Federal judge a four-cornered document that he can sink his fangs in.

That is to say, if he decides to abide by what a Federal judge decrees, which would be a silly and tragic thing to do.

Separation of powers: If a lower level Federal judge in the Judicial Branch, without the slightest Constitutional authorization, can defy the President, the head of the Executive branch, then the President can defy the low level judge.

GATEWAY PUNDIT: In May of 2016, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Mexico. Discussing the Congressional delegation’s meetings, Pelosi said: “We come here as a bipartisan and large delegation to express our respect for the people of Mexico and the country of Mexico; to acknowledge our shared border and our shared values and to learn more about how we can work together for the bright future for not only our two countries but for our hemisphere.” We met with members of the American Chamber of Commerce, had a very beneficial meeting with Director General Zapata on the subject of the economy and on the subject of TPP especially. And a glorious meeting, a really very thorough exchange of subjects and views – again about our shared values and our shared border – with the President [of Mexico].

BEFORE TRUMP GOT THE NOM AND GOT ELECTED BY 65 MILLION AMERICANS
Here's Pelosi in Mexico saying Trump "is speaking to an insecure minority, who maybe lost their job and
think it was because of immigration, of trade. I think it's putting too much weight on all this. He only has one half of one half, 25%."

The 2016 Mexico delegation also included Democrat Reps. Norma Torres, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Pete Aguilar and Linda Sanchez (Calif.); Beto O'Rourke and Henry Cuellar (Texas); Ruben Gallego (Ariz.); Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.); and Republicans Michael Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and Richard Hanna (N.Y.).

SCHADENFREUD Beto sucked-up bigtime for latino votes....but still lost his Texas race against Cruz.

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