Trump to declare national emergency

[BlueSwan]

Unless the GOP thoroughly vote against this - and we all know they won't - I never ever want to hear them complain about executive overreach when a future democratic president acts unilaterally. This is completely ridiculous. There is no national emergency. If this is not misuse of the presidents power I don't know what is. Impeachment is politically unwise, but this is definitely an "impeachable" offense.

[BlueSwan]

I'll be looking forward to president Kamala Harris declaring the following national emergencies:

- A national health care emergency to institute single payer health care effective immediately.

- A national deficit emergency to institute a more progressive tax code.

- A national education emergency to made college tuition free.

- A national gun crime emergency to outlaw guns.

- A national crazy party emergency to outlaw the republican party.

You continue the list. If republicans don't stop Trump they brought this on themselves. When a president can declare national emergencies where none exists to bring about whatever he/she wishes, that is not a democracy, that is a dictatorship.

[BlueSwan]

I don't think this sets any relevant precedent. That assumes debate Republicans have any principles. They'll just block future emergencies from Democratic presidents.

They would have to get a veto-proof majority though.

I'm not for instituting authoritarian rule, but we can't continue to let the republicans break all of the rules why we continue to be the good guys.

If the republicans are intent on destroying democracy as we know it, then the next democratic president should certainly use national emergencies to ram through single payer health care and the like.