Does trump have the authority through EO to do tax cuts, increase unemployment insurance, etc.

[still_one]

without Congress?

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

1. John Yoo is probably convinced he does.

Hell, Yoo probably is making up some bullshit to say he can.

[still_one]

2. That is out of Yoo's expertise. He only deals with torture....... hmmmm, listening to trump is

torture. You have a point.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

4. He's been meeting with them in the WH for a few months, apparently.

Trying to figure out how he can simply run the country by decree and not involve Congress.

[still_one]

6. I was unaware that was happening

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

8. It's not been widely reported.

Or if it was, it was written more like a throwaway article.

Even though John Yoo is pretty much trying to turn the country into a fascist state.

On edit: Here's an article on him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/john-yoo-bush-torture-memos-confirms-working-trump-bypass-congress-2020-7

[still_one]

11. Thanks for the info

[dawg day]

7. McConnell seems like such a power-hungry type-

But he's clearly colluding in Trump grabbing power specifically from HIM.

[B Stieg]

3. Yoo (not you) is evil!

[tblue37]

5. No, but when has that ever stopped him or given pause to his GOP enablers? nt

[VMA131Marine]

9. All those things are reserved to Congress by the Constitution

What Trump is proposing would be unconstitutional. But it’s only unconstitutional in practice if someone objects and files suit to stop him. Whoever files suit is going to be demagogued as being against the American people no matter how correct they are.

[still_one]

10. Democrats better do it.

[4139]

12. No, what tRump is doing is he is daring Nancy Pelosi to take him to court.

[stopbush]

14. No, she doesn't need to take him to court. The mechanisms are not in place

for tRump to redirect appropriated $ in this way. He may as well decree he’s ordering tricycles to fly to the moon.

[zipplewrath]

13. State of emergency

Under various situation, in which a pandemic is included, Presidents often are granted powers to spend monies in way not originally legislated. Congress has the power of the purse, but if Trump has the money (well, the Treasury) they may be able to spend the money anyway they want. The question will become, what won't get the money originally budgeted?

[Hoyt]

15. So, Treasury cuts unemployed people a $300 per week check. Do you think Democrats will come out

ahead by filing a law suit to make those checks bounce, claiming trump doesn't have the authority? I don't think so.

The Payroll tax cut doesn't mean much if it is just deferred, other than some companies will likely go bust anyway and never be able to pay the SS Trust Fund.