Posted on 03/15/2019 2:45:08 PM PDT by cotton1706
On Friday Attorney General Bill Barr sided with President Trump. Barr said the president “absolutely has the right to declare a national emergency on the southern border there. He says the veto is the right thing to do. And the declaration will hold up in a court of law.
AG Bill Barr: Mr. President your declaration of an emergency on the southern border was clearly authorized under the law and consistent with past precedent… The humanitarian and security crisis that we currently have right now on the border is exactly the type of emergency that presidents are permitted to address.
Ann Coulter weighed in.
"CLEARLY LAWFUL" — Attorney General Bill Barr on border emergency declaration. But I'm sure constitutional scholars Rand Paul & Lisa Murkowski know better. https://t.co/rd9ojWlTVs — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 15, 2019
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
“Hate to bother you again but what does if the veto is sustained mean?”
Senate now has to vote to override the veto. 67 votes. They only have 59. If they don’t override the veto, bill is dead. Veto is sustained.
After Japan lost Saipan in 1944, Tojo told his diplomat to make peace with the US. His diplomat told him it is easier to start a war than to stop it.
They also need 2/3 of the House. They need 45 more votes for that.
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