Wouldn't surprise me for them to try this if they get the whitehouse back.
Forget that Firearm ownership is a protected right, and that immigration is restricted by Laws, because, well apparently, Nancy has.
Pelosi said she is not advocating presidents doing an “end run around Congress,” but warned that a “Democratic president can” declare national emergencies as well on issues like gun control, and “the precedent that the president is setting is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans.”
“You want to talk about a national emergency? Let’s talk about today—the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America. That’s a national emergency,” Pelosi said, in reference to the one-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting. “Why don’t you declare that a national emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would.”
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BIIIGGGG difference. Declaring a national emergency to build the wall would be using the power to carry out the duties as outlined in the Constitution and as allowed by existing U.S. law. Declaring a national emergency on so-called "guns violence" would be using the power to subvert and defy the Constitution.
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Bruenor wrote:Wouldn't surprise me for them to try this if they get the whitehouse back.
Forget that Firearm ownership is a protected right, and that immigration is restricted by Laws, because, well apparently, Nancy has.
Pelosi said she is not advocating presidents doing an “end run around Congress,” but warned that a “Democratic president can” declare national emergencies as well on issues like gun control, and “the precedent that the president is setting is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans.”
“You want to talk about a national emergency? Let’s talk about today—the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America. That’s a national emergency,” Pelosi said, in reference to the one-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting. “Why don’t you declare that a national emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would.”
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Bruenor wrote:Wouldn't surprise me for them to try this if they get the whitehouse back.
Forget that Firearm ownership is a protected right, and that immigration is restricted by Laws, because, well apparently, Nancy has.
A democrat will once again occupy the White House.
"Public Safety" is destroying RKBA all over the nation. Judges have capitulated to this lie for decades, many times to the applause of pro-RKBA groups.
They just tried to execute a coup in America. But THIS will be a bridge too far?
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I wouldn't worry too much about Trump setting precedent for declaring an emergency. There is really nothing to stop the Dems from doing so for gun control anyway. And they WILL do so just as soon as they figure they can get away with it.
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WY_Not wrote:BIIIGGGG difference. Declaring a national emergency to build the wall would be using the power to carry out the duties as outlined in the Constitution and as allowed by existing U.S. law. Declaring a national emergency on so-called "guns violence" would be using the power to subvert and defy the Constitution.
IANAL but
1) As stated, Trump would be within the law and the Constitution.
2) Suspending the Second Amendment be going beyond the Constitution, it would be declaring Martial Law. There is no provision within the Constitution for suspending part of it.
This has always been a possibility that a Dem POTUS could attempt in Violation of the Constitution.
And as for her statement, "...“the precedent that the president is setting is something that should be met with great unease and dismay...," Obamacare and DAPA set the precedents. But DAPA was found to be unconstitutional.
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MacDonald wrote:This has always been a possibility that a Dem POTUS could attempt in Violation of the Constitution.
And as for her statement, "...“the precedent that the president is setting is something that should be met with great unease and dismay...," Obamacare and DAPA set the precedents. But DAPA was found to be unconstitutional.
Are you sure about that? I thought I recalled that the injunction was continued and that it was sent back to the lower courts, not finding anything constitutional or unconstitutional. It was just one justice away at the time from going either way. Here's a link:
While the U.S. Supreme Court may have dealt a hard blow to the Obama immigration legacy with its intensely anticipated but anticlimactic 4-4 split decision in United States v. Texas, the last word on the future of the contested deferred action programs has yet to be written. The case now goes back to the lower courts, where a number of scenarios could play out based on how the Justice Department and the presiding appellate and district judges respond. Court rulings aside, one thing is clear: It will be up to the next administration to determine the future of these executive actions. And the Supreme Court outcome leaves an altered—and potentially more open—landscape for immigration policy changes to occur in the next Congress.
Next Steps in the Legal Case
The tie vote, announced on June 23, simply affirms a lower court decision to maintain a nationwide injunction on the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and expansion of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As with all Supreme Court tie votes, no legal precedent was set, and no insight was provided into individual justices’ positions on the legal issues raised in the case. U.S. v. Texas is perhaps the most high-profile of the four Supreme Court cases to end in a 4-4 tie since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February and the decision by Senate Republican leaders to delay confirmation hearings for a successor until after the November 2016 presidential election.
MacDonald wrote:This has always been a possibility that a Dem POTUS could attempt in Violation of the Constitution.
And as for her statement, "...“the precedent that the president is setting is something that should be met with great unease and dismay...," Obamacare and DAPA set the precedents. But DAPA was found to be unconstitutional.
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It will hit the fan when they try that. A lot of ammo is somewhere mostly 22 l. r. from the last Dem Potus threats