Exclusive: White House Preparing Draft National Emergency Order And Identified $7 Billion For Wall

[edpc]

Washington (CNN) — The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion in potential funds for his signature border wall should he go that route, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN.

Trump has not ruled out using his authority to declare a national emergency and direct the Defense Department to construct a border wall as Congress and the White House fight over a deal to end the government shutdown. But while Trump's advisers remain divided on the issue, the White House has been moving forward with alternative plans that would bypass Congress.

"The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency," a draft of a presidential proclamation reads.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/trump-border-wall-emergency-draft/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

[mystery-ak]

OMG you didn't put *CNN* in the title..the snowflakes here will be traumatized when they click on this article...

[edpc]

I get updates from the major news networks on my phone and they have been very fast with coverage today.   

[Axeslinger]

OMG you didn't put *CNN* in the title..the snowflakes here will be traumatized when they click on this article...

Well played @mystery-ak ...well played

[libertybele]

    Still waiting.  Hopefully he's been consulting constitutional experts and his lawyers.

[edpc]

  Still waiting.  Hopefully he's been consulting constitutional experts and his lawyers.

There’s no question he has the right to declare an emergency. Whether he can reappropriate the money he has identified is another question. That will be the basis for any legal challenge. Once he fires this bullet, expect court filings at faster than light speed. It would be difficult not to sign a CR, after that. It’s a big gamble.

[bigheadfred]

OMG you didn't put *CNN* in the title..the snowflakes here will be traumatized when they click on this article...

ha and ha

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,348897.msg1898549.html#msg1898549

[Wingnut]

OMG you didn't put *CNN* in the title..the snowflakes here will be traumatized when they click on this article...

I'm triggered. 

[Free Vulcan]

I wasn't happy Trump backing off on the SOTU, but if he's willing to take this kind of stand on the wall, then he comes across being magnanimous on the petty stuff, decisive on the major stuff.

One thing for certain - if he doesn't get the wall, I don't see him being reelected.

[mystery-ak]

I'm triggered.

 

[bigheadfred]

There’s no question he has the right to declare an emergency. Whether he can reappropriate the money he has identified is another question. That will be the basis for any legal challenge. Once he fires this bullet, expect court filings at faster than light speed. It would be difficult not to sign a CR, after that. It’s a big gamble.

There is a law. It was posted somewhere on the forum.

[edpc]

There is a law. It was posted somewhere on the forum.

Probably this, from the article.....


The draft document cites Title 10 of the US Code, which allows Trump to unlock a stash of Pentagon funds that are earmarked but have no signed contracts for spending that money. That would give the President authority to pull from military construction funds and civil works projects, like infrastructure repair projects.


It’s still going to be challenged, along with suits brought by property owners who will fight the land seizure.

[mystery-ak]

A double whammy...The Hill picks up CNN's story...oh my

White House preparing draft for Trump to declare national emergency: CNN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426883-white-house-preparing-draft-for-trump-to-declare-a-national-emergency

[musiclady]

Well played @mystery-ak ...well played

Indeed!

[Wingnut]

A double whammy...The Hill picks up CNN's story...oh my

White House preparing draft for Trump to declare national emergency: CNN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426883-white-house-preparing-draft-for-trump-to-declare-a-national-emergency

And we are off and running.   oh boy!   


 

[rustynail]

A Federal Judge will put a stop to this impertinence.

[dfwgator]

CNN?

[austingirl]

How is CNN able to "review internal documents?" Whose internal documents?

[edpc]

I'm triggered.

Should we call you Roy?

[montanajoe]

Seems to me that declaring a national emergency and then reopening the government is Trump's only option....

It will be tied up in the courts until after the 2020 election, but will give him a campaign issue to motivate the "base." 

[bigheadfred]

Probably this, from the article.....


The draft document cites Title 10 of the US Code, which allows Trump to unlock a stash of Pentagon funds that are earmarked but have no signed contracts for spending that money. That would give the President authority to pull from military construction funds and civil works projects, like infrastructure repair projects.
It’s still going to be challenged, along with suits brought by property owners who will fight the land seizure.

Eminent Domain.

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/texas-rancher-offers-land-border-wall-tells-pelosi-maam-i-dont-know-where-you

Texas Rancher Offers Land for Border Wall, Tells Pelosi: ‘Ma’am, I Don’t Know Where You Get Your Facts’

[dfwgator]

Seems to me that declaring a national emergency and then reopening the government is Trump's only option....

It will be tied up in the courts until after the 2020 election, but will give him a campaign issue to motivate the "base." 

It's a Time For Choosing.

[libertybele]

Probably this, from the article.....


The draft document cites Title 10 of the US Code, which allows Trump to unlock a stash of Pentagon funds that are earmarked but have no signed contracts for spending that money. That would give the President authority to pull from military construction funds and civil works projects, like infrastructure repair projects.

It’s still going to be challenged, along with suits brought by property owners who will fight the land seizure.

Not worried about the property owners as there is a TX rancher who has come forward offering to give up part of his land for a wall.  Others on the border would probably welcome a wall as well as some have actually come home to 'squatters' on their property.

From my understanding it is the government that owns the land along the Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California border. 

The main fight is going to be from the leftists like the EPA.  God forbid if we build on dirt and disturb the wildlife, though the border has been littered with trash for decades.

http://www.fox26houston.com/news/border-rancher-ready-to-give-up-land-for-wall

[Wingnut]

It's a Time For Choosing.

May he choose wisely.

[bigheadfred]

Should we call you Roy?

No, Roy is gone. And since he used the past tense there "Triggered" means he can't get it up like in that old picture. Put out to pasture. The username is probably a reference to glory days and now. It is really kinda sad, isn't it?