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Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
« on: February 18, 2019, 04:10:23 pm »
Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
By Kim Wehle, opinion contributor — 02/18/19 10:30 AM EST

President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build his foolish border wall has been roundly assailed as irrational, illegal and extremely dangerous. As a matter of the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause (which puts funding decisions in Congress’s hands), as well as the overall separation of powers, he is indeed playing with fire.

The criticisms are well-founded — and they come from both sides of the political aisle. That Republicans have joined Democrats to denounce this reckless maneuver is remarkable given their two years of shrugging off serial body-blows to the rule of law and norms of civility, decorum and truth from this president.

From the standpoint of Trump’s own hide, however, the national emergency declaration is not altogether irrational. Perhaps it reflects a steely-eyed realization that soothing his base in a bid for reelection might be the only thing standing between him, an indictment — and possibly jailtime.

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Re: Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2019, 04:25:07 pm »
That's really a Democratic talking point. About all the comment I can make. A quick check appears to make it look like this Kim Wehle is a liberal loon. I don't know too much about her.
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Re: Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2019, 05:30:29 pm »
What a hit piece!
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Re: Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2019, 05:34:43 pm »
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Re: Why the national emergency? A second term may be Trump’s only shield from an indictment
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2019, 01:45:52 am »
Bigun wrote:
"Complete garbage!!"

One of the first things I do when I first look at post 1 of a thread is to see what the source is.

All I had to do was see the source of this one, and I realized it was "a skip"...
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