Isn't declaring a national emergency the same as declaring martial law?

Wow and much of this is the same things Trump is trying to accomplish.

 

Dems will probably declare national emergency to grab our guns.

 

Then they have to come and get them.

 

That's what "grabbing" means.

 

I think the courts will rule that the president does not have the constitutional power to use funds directly against the wishes of Congress.

 

Probably.

 

A lot of Trump's information is 30 years old.

 

They'll give up after their noses are bloodied.

 

Look up the 1976 and 1977 law. Congress can only get involved a year later.

 

Iranian money frozen in various bank accounts since 1979.

 

"Intelligence Reports" from whom?

 

The courts can get involved right now. Trump’s actions will be ruled unconstitutional.

This is not a national emergency being declared to shortcut Congressional bureaucracy and fund something Congress agrees needs to be done now.

This is a President who didn’t get the funding he wanted abusing his power to take action against the wishes of Congress.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-31-national-emergencies-effect-years/story?id=60294693

That's the list, care to point out which ones are similar to this one?

 

It's based on current information. Sure some drug types have a majority trying to come through ports but the rest come over the open border along with the drugs not intercepted. The large percent at the ports is only due to them actually finding it. Since there is little coverage along the open border, intercepts are much lower so it is hard to say how much actually gets through.

Also, interceptions of migrants is up 20k a month now compared to the last 5 years. That is 60k A MONTH, intercepted. How many are not intercepted?

 

Nope. Its true .. You are just poorly informed. If you spent more time on checking facts instead of being snarky, you 'd know.

 

Come back when you have something not-stupid to say.

 

Hard to claim something unconstitutional with the laws constitutionally written are followed.

 

Ah, so the border isn’t controlled by organized crime and your argument was bullshit. Thank you for admitting so.

 

You mean other than the ones that deal with terrorism and drug trafficking?

 

Except INTENT matters with the law. The purpose of declaring a national emergency is to take quick action that would take too long to enact by normal Congressional processes. It’s meant as a shortcut.

Trump is trying to do an end-around of Congress to deliberately go against Congress’s wishes.

 

Of course the border is controlled by organized crime.

Anyone who doesn't know that mexican drug cartels control all pathways to the US border are complete idiots.

 

POTUS *already has* statutory authority from Congress on border security.

 

Is it your understanding that drug smuggling across the Mexican border is no longer a problem? https://www.dallasnews.com/news/cri...tches-truck-carrying-24-million-cocaine-texas

https://www.businessinsider.com/drug-smugglers-methods-hiding-places-2017-4

 

The vast majority of cartel products are smuggled through legal entry points hidden in legal traffic. How would Trump’s wall stop them?

 

Yes, SPECIFICALLY only for 55 miles of additional FENCING.