Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Armed Service Committee chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said President Donald Trump does have the authority to declare a national emergency and have the military build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Host George Stephanopoulos asked, “Does President Trump have the ability, have the authority to declare a national emergency and have the military build his wall?”
Smith said, “Well, unfortunately, the short answer is yes. There is a provision in the law that says the president can declare an emergency. It’s been done a number of times, but primarily it’s been done to build facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. In this case, I think the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying, where is the emergency? You have to establish that in order to do this. Beyond that, this would be a terrible use of Department of Defense dollars.”
You know what’s a terrible use of Department of Defense dollars?
Nation building in the Middle East.
It’s amazing that you actually got a straight answer out of Congressman Schitt. Relatively speaking, of course.
Why, yes he *can*!
More analysis on this – great thread:
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“open to a court challenge”?!? MY A$$!!!
If civil strife in Burundi (OBAMA’s excuse for applying it) is a national emergency, so is this.
So lets stop maundering about it, and get TF to it. He’s wasting time waiting for the Democrats to get off their fat political acs.
You know what’s a terrible waste of money? Providing food stamps, free medical care, education and legal counsel to people who are stealing people’s identities when they break into our country.
Tax all Western Union payments from the US to Mexico at 75% until that wall is built.
@Perry January 7, 2019 at 8:32 am
> So lets stop maundering about it, and get TF to it. He’s wasting time waiting for the Democrats to get off their fat political acs.
Patience, grasshopper. Let the EBT cards run dry. When the locusts swarm, who can deny an “emergency”? “Emergencies”, Princess Pelosi? You want “civilian” input, Lord Jester Schmuckles? We can talk. While “my” people are standing up the wall, and “your” people are tearing down your cities. “Springtime for Orange Man, and Murhica…”
Bout time to get the Corps of Engineers out of the fishing holes and doing something positive for America.
izlamo delenda est …
“It’s been done a number of times, but primarily it’s been done to build facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. In this case, I think the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying, where is the emergency?”
Emergencies only apply in foreign countries?