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LudwigPastorius

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34. Trump has, at his disposal, 123 laws granting him "emergency powers".

Sat Aug 24, 2019, 02:20 PM

Aug 2019

You can bet he has his legal lackeys exploring how to use them.

As outlined in this terrifying article from The Atlantic, these laws were written with the assumption that the President of the United States will act in the best interest of the nation.

We know that is not the Trump default.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

Congress urgently needs to act to rein in these emergency powers before Trump uses them to curtail our civil rights and fulfill his dream of being "The Chosen" dictator.

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Trump Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave China [View all] crazytown Aug 2019 OP

Don't forget to order Ivanka to bring her products back to the U.S. Frustratedlady Aug 2019 #1

Wearing a MAGA hat made in China is now treason? keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #2

It always was. dchill Aug 2019 #18

what about the crap he sells to his brainwashed followers? joanbarnes Aug 2019 #3

Congress over the years has given more and more power to the Executive... Thomas Hurt Aug 2019 #4

Yep jberryhill Aug 2019 #8

yes Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #10

How about Trump branded products first? IronLionZion Aug 2019 #5

I anticipate heads of twenty or so large companies there to greet him at the wh, going notdarkyet Aug 2019 #6

HOPING for that. elleng Aug 2019 #52

Case closed! Bleacher Creature Aug 2019 #7

Like him and his pathetic daughter? onecaliberal Aug 2019 #9

Trump is going cray cray Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #11

Trump and Bernie Sanders: Why Are We Trading With China? TomCADem Aug 2019 #57

Not really. Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #59

Bernie Sanders: 'Of course' I would use tariffs as President TomCADem Aug 2019 #60

Yeah, cherry picking quotes can lead to contradictions Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #61

Russia Would Support Any Candidate Who Pushes an Isolationist Policy TomCADem Aug 2019 #62

Trump is not really an isolationist, he's just stupid Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #63

Trump still thinks of factories like this: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2019 #12

Those Republican good old days. dchill Aug 2019 #19

Lots more of these: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #33

He will have some kind of loophole duforsure Aug 2019 #13

and the hole keeps getting deeper and deeper, the stock market will fall into that hole Monday. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #14

The stock market will drop another 800 points on Monday cause of this. TeamPooka Aug 2019 #15

Will Ivanka's products now be made in the USA? I do not know if riversedge Aug 2019 #16

Her products made in China are exempt Lock him up. Aug 2019 #54

omg!! should have known. How is this even legal? riversedge Aug 2019 #55

By Executive Order, of course. Lock him up. Aug 2019 #56

Does Trump have a reelection strategy that we're not seeing? Lonestarblue Aug 2019 #17

Yes. Turbineguy Aug 2019 #29

Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #42

The Act doesn't say anything about who provokes the 'emergency', apparently. Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #44

It seems to be... jmowreader Aug 2019 #45

Then he could declare martial law Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #46

That is what he seems to be leaning toward jmowreader Aug 2019 #48

Just have a little question solara Aug 2019 #20

It's almost like trump WANTS to lose in 2020. Paladin Aug 2019 #21

Like in 2016 treestar Aug 2019 #24

By creating mayhem here he can declare Marshall law truthisfreedom Aug 2019 #22

Fixed your post Vox Populi Aug 2019 #25

Not always. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #28

Excellent point! Vox Populi Aug 2019 #30

... orangecrush Aug 2019 #49

So much for the invisible hand BlueIdaho Aug 2019 #23

See you in court. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #26

Actually, that is socialism Va Lefty Aug 2019 #27

But he didn't actually formally declare an emergency before tweeting out his "orders"... deurbano Aug 2019 #31

Hell yea!!!!! Strelnikov_ Aug 2019 #32

Trump has, at his disposal, 123 laws granting him "emergency powers". LudwigPastorius Aug 2019 #34

I see he doesn't need to declare an emergency. Several are already in effect, officially. Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #47

Now there are cheaper labor countries than China! at140 Aug 2019 #35

Do It! Me. Aug 2019 #36

Exactly, first he has to clear it with his boss, putin, who may or may not like this Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #38

And GOP members of the House and Senate are SILENT... Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #37

That's the real kicker in all of this - their silence. Vinca Aug 2019 #39

Life is going to get very dicey when we cannot get bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #40

Scarcity equals inflation. roamer65 Aug 2019 #58

and after G7 he will say he was just kidding. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #41

Ready to shop for that $5,000 iPhone yet? KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #43

No one wins a trade war bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #50

For the Orange ass to issue SCVDem Aug 2019 #51

The president does have powerful tools to achieve that end. Nitram Aug 2019 #53