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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-emergency-blocked-courts-temporarily-doj-warns-white/story?id=61086962&cid=social_fb_abcn&fbclid=IwAR02zuOStegRnlsqpb8vfL1aOUCJlwf2U6FJ8ql6JAEFskvaRjfxDFwZLp4National Emergency will be blocked by courts temporarily, DOJ warns White House
A senior official said the White House would win an appeal.
WATCH Video @ Link~~| News headlines today: Feb. 14, 2019
By Jonathan Karl, Mike Levine and Katherine Faulders16m ago
The Justice Department has warned the White House a national emergency declaration is nearly certain to be blocked by the courts on, at least, a temporary basis, preventing the immediate implementation of the president's plan to circumvent Congress and build the wall using his executives powers, ABC News has learned.
However, a senior White House official tells ABC News that the White House is confident the administration can ultimately win the case on appeal.
Lawyers at the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and at the Pentagon have been working for weeks to iron out different options the president would have to obtain funds for his border wall.
By declaring a national emergency at the border, the president could potentially free up billions of dollars to begin work on construction of a southern border wall. Much of that money would be pulled from the Department of Defense.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,159 posts)emergencies...I wanna be there.
Adding Faux News, Twitter and FB to the list by popular demand
fierywoman
(7,711 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,159 posts)Blue Owl
(50,663 posts)Because it ain't no emergency.
csziggy
(34,141 posts)By blocking refugees at the border, not providing enough judges to hear their cases, separating children and their parents, and generally acting like an asshole.
Yosemito
(648 posts)He may prevail at the end.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If he does win, reoublicans will come to rue the day. Future democratic Presidents should be merciless in using the option of the Courts don't stop Trump. A Justice like Roberts certainly would know approving this renders Congress AND the Courts null and void and essentially makes the President a mini dictator.
spanone
(136,008 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I suspect, and I really hope that Roberts will not go for this move.
bdamomma
(63,998 posts)the Senior WH official ready??? STEPHEN MILLER. This evil POS has to go. Karma will get him.
Mme. Defarge
(8,076 posts)is to demonstrate to his base that he did what he could to get his wall, and it wont be his fault if the meanies wont let him have it.
EleanorR
(2,400 posts)Payoff for past or continued russian government support.
Mme. Defarge
(8,076 posts)So many subplots so little time. And Im retired! When the Trump horror show finally ends I may need to get a day job just to fill the void.
TrishaJ
(799 posts)It's about the money. He couldn't get it legally, so now he's going to try to embezzle it.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)He will do it, the House will sue. The Courts will slap Trump down. He will go to all his rallies until he is defeated in 2020 whining about interference to his efforts to protect Americans from a non existent issue.
Mme. Defarge
(8,076 posts)Blame, blame, blame.
highmindedhavi
(355 posts)Wait the other states out
area51
(11,950 posts)highmindedhavi
(355 posts)malaise
(269,503 posts)Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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