another set back for the orange wall.
Oct 12, 2019 15:30:32 #
From the Fiscal times..
Trump National Emergency Ruled ‘Unlawful’
U.S. District Court Judge David Briones ruled that the president’s February 15 declaration of a national emergency overstepped his authority by seeking to divert more funds toward barrier construction than Congress had appropriated. “Briones said Congress made clear in a January budget measure ending a partial government shutdown that border wall funding was being denied, beyond $1.3 billion for upgrades of existing barriers,” Politico reports.
The ruling applies only to some $3.6 billion in military construction funds the administration is seeking to divert toward barrier construction, not to the $2.5 billion the administration is tapping from other Defense Department money or the $600 million it is shifting from the Treasury Department’s asset forfeiture fund. The Supreme Court in July lifted a lower court ruling blocking the Trump administration from using the $2.5 billion in disputed Pentagon funds to construct fencing along the border with Mexico.
Briones’s ruling did not specify what injunction he would impose. Instead, the judge gave the plaintiffs in the case — El Paso County, Texas, and Border Network for Human Rights — 10 days to propose specifics and then five days for the government to respond.
“Today’s ruling vindicates the Founders’ wisdom and confirms that the president is not a king, and that he cannot override Congress’s power to decide how to appropriate funds,” said Kristy Parker, a lawyer for Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit that represented the plaintiffs.
Read more about the national emergency ruling at NBC News.
Trump National Emergency Ruled ‘Unlawful’
U.S. District Court Judge David Briones ruled that the president’s February 15 declaration of a national emergency overstepped his authority by seeking to divert more funds toward barrier construction than Congress had appropriated. “Briones said Congress made clear in a January budget measure ending a partial government shutdown that border wall funding was being denied, beyond $1.3 billion for upgrades of existing barriers,” Politico reports.
The ruling applies only to some $3.6 billion in military construction funds the administration is seeking to divert toward barrier construction, not to the $2.5 billion the administration is tapping from other Defense Department money or the $600 million it is shifting from the Treasury Department’s asset forfeiture fund. The Supreme Court in July lifted a lower court ruling blocking the Trump administration from using the $2.5 billion in disputed Pentagon funds to construct fencing along the border with Mexico.
Briones’s ruling did not specify what injunction he would impose. Instead, the judge gave the plaintiffs in the case — El Paso County, Texas, and Border Network for Human Rights — 10 days to propose specifics and then five days for the government to respond.
“Today’s ruling vindicates the Founders’ wisdom and confirms that the president is not a king, and that he cannot override Congress’s power to decide how to appropriate funds,” said Kristy Parker, a lawyer for Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit that represented the plaintiffs.
Read more about the national emergency ruling at NBC News.
Oct 12, 2019 15:37:16 #
permafrost wrote:
From the Fiscal times.. br br Trump National Emer... (show quote)
The D-rat party has no brains. Every day ONE BILLION taxpayers dollars are spent on i******s to feed, house, medicate, educated them and more.
But you complain about spending 25 billion to save 380 billion? Is that not stupid? Can you understand that?
Oct 12, 2019 16:24:20 #
MR Mister wrote:
The D-rat party has no brains. Every day ONE BILLION taxpayers dollars are spent on i******s to feed, house, medicate, educated them and more.
But you complain about spending 25 billion to save 380 billion? Is that not stupid? Can you understand that?
But you complain about spending 25 billion to save 380 billion? Is that not stupid? Can you understand that?
If you truly believe those figures, you are sicker than I thought.. get help fast...
Oct 13, 2019 16:32:59 #
permafrost wrote:
If you truly believe those figures, you are sicker than I thought.. get help fast...
We all know who the stupid/ignorant one is around here. My numbers are easy to prove, do you know how Mr not so smart guy. I do.
Oct 13, 2019 16:49:34 #
MR Mister wrote:
We all know who the stupid/ignorant one is around here. My numbers are easy to prove, do you know how Mr not so smart guy. I do.
You have never proved anything, do you know what a link is??
Oct 14, 2019 08:35:46 #
permafrost wrote:
You have never proved anything, do you know what a link is??
I do and I use them a lot. But it matters not to as you are blind to the t***h or only your t***h.
Oct 14, 2019 08:37:54 #
MR Mister wrote:
I do and I use them a lot. But it matters not to as you are blind to the t***h or only your t***h.
It is very clear, you can not handle the t***h..
Oct 14, 2019 08:45:37 #
permafrost wrote:
It is very clear, you can not handle the t***h..
LOL, that's what you think. Your ability to show us how bright you are has always failed. lol
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