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Title: GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
Post by: mystery-ak on February 28, 2019, 09:41:26 pm
GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
By Jordain Carney - 02/28/19 02:47 PM EST

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Thursday urged President Trump to reconsider his decision to declare a national emergency to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall, warning that Trump was creating a "constitutional crisis."

"I want to make a respectful suggestion and that is that President Trump ask his lawyers to take a second look at existing funding authority that the president has," Alexander said during a Senate floor speech.

Alexander, who is retiring at the end of this Congress, outlined several concerns that he has about Trump's decision to declare a national emergency, but did not specifically say if he would vote for or against a resolution to block it, which is expected to get a Senate vote in the next few weeks.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/432075-gop-senator-urges-trump-to-reconsider-emergency-declaration
Title: Re: GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on February 28, 2019, 09:51:55 pm
A fake constitutional crisis.

The real constitutional crisis was made by Congress in not doing its sworn duty and protecting America from invaders.

Title: Re: GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
Post by: berdie on February 28, 2019, 10:03:05 pm
A fake constitutional crisis.

The real constitutional crisis was made by Congress in not doing its sworn duty and protecting America from invaders.



I agree with that completely.
Title: Re: GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
Post by: Bigun on February 28, 2019, 10:06:31 pm
A fake constitutional crisis.

The real constitutional crisis was made by Congress in not doing its sworn duty and protecting America from invaders.

And representing their K Street masters instead of their constituents who elected them!
Title: Re: GOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional crisis'
Post by: skeeter on February 28, 2019, 10:14:05 pm
How will Tennessee get by without their illegals?

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/27/more-immigration-arrests-coming-2018-job-sites-across-tennessee-high-ranking-enforcement-official-sa/978007001/ (https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/27/more-immigration-arrests-coming-2018-job-sites-across-tennessee-high-ranking-enforcement-official-sa/978007001/)