tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post493471864765952220..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Comment on: Trump ponders 'emergency' powers to build border wall: 'I can do it if I want'Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-86257904334689928442019-01-06T16:46:24.676-05:002019-01-06T16:46:24.676-05:00Thanks and you should know.Thanks and you should know.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-68740183842226695612019-01-06T16:16:00.939-05:002019-01-06T16:16:00.939-05:00The us department of defense is funded under the 2...The us department of defense is funded under the 2019 national defense authorisation act, not a CRA. That's why DOD isn't part of this shutdown. There were similar burgers in 2017 and 2018. But none for the 8 previous years. Hmmm. I wonder what changed....<br /><br />--genericAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-63056009578841868062019-01-06T14:34:26.713-05:002019-01-06T14:34:26.713-05:00When was the last time that Congress passed an act... When was the last time that Congress passed an actual full fledged BUDGET, on time and complete? MeTHINKS, it has been decades.<br /><br />Good question and I know we were using CRA's every year I worked for the Embassy (DAO) in Vietnam '73 - '75.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-24100235154605011382019-01-06T14:31:51.202-05:002019-01-06T14:31:51.202-05:00"the United States SHALL...protect the States... "the United States SHALL...protect the States against Invasion". I'm stunned that he hasn't cited it since his detractors say he's violating the Constitution or instigating a " Constitutional crisis"<br /><br />Great point.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-54599556695333109232019-01-06T14:31:14.572-05:002019-01-06T14:31:14.572-05:00Where were the courts when Obama was president?
...Where were the courts when Obama was president?<br /><br /><br />Firmly in our detractors hands.....:(Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-84638150677275804932019-01-06T13:37:28.383-05:002019-01-06T13:37:28.383-05:00OUTSTANDING!! Use their word/works against them. ...OUTSTANDING!! Use their word/works against them. EXCELLENT! IMHO on or about 02/18/2019 or perhaps earlier, the SCHITT WILL HIT THE ARTICULATING ROTARY COOLING DEVICE. STOP-GAP Budget ends thereabouts. When was the last time that Congress passed an actual full fledged BUDGET, on time and complete? MeTHINKS, it has been decades.G.W. Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309399092673284790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-76336016373411368442019-01-06T10:50:07.482-05:002019-01-06T10:50:07.482-05:00Anything done like this should be according to the...Anything done like this should be according to the Constitution. If it were to be done, Trump should cite Article IV Section 4 that "the United States SHALL...protect the States against Invasion". I'm stunned that he hasn't cited it since his detractors say he's violating the Constitution or instigating a " Constitutional crisis". I generally support what he's doing, but like most elected officials, I think he's basically ignorant of the Constitution, specifically that he and all government officials operate UNDER enumerated delegated powers. That is the position of an EMPLOYEE obeying their job description and performing the duties thereof. --Ron WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-6843490627052295112019-01-06T09:52:29.176-05:002019-01-06T09:52:29.176-05:00W already know that no matter what the President d...W already know that no matter what the President does, and no matter how solid his authority to do it is, there is at least one activist judge who will tell him he can't. So far, trump has accepted court rulings. In effect, we have a constitutional president plus a hundred people who can each over-rule him on a whim. Where were the courts when Obama was president? <br /><br />--genericAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com