Trump To Announce Executive Order On US Census

[Soph0571]

NBC News reports:

President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to an administration official.
Trump tweeted that he will hold a press conference in the afternoon to discuss his latest efforts at including the citizenship question as part of the census.

BC News confirmed that at the news conference the president is expected to announce his executive action to add the question. Last week, Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn when asked if he would issue an executive order: “We’re thinking about doing that.”

Trump cannot simply override the Supreme Court with an executive order and you can expect that lawsuits are already ready to launch.

[link:https://www.joemygod.com/2019/07/trump-to-announce-executive-order-on-us-census/|

If he gets away with this the balancing power of the three branches is officially dead.....


Heh

[Celerity]

1. now THIS is going to be a constitutional crisis

The Rethugs may not back Rump's power play, as it sets up the next Democratic POTUS to do the same thing. Unless they plan on never having a Democratic POTUS again.

[edhopper]

10. They will back them

as they always have.

And he will get away with it.

[BigDemVoter]

22. Yes he will.

He gets away with everything else, so why not this too?

[edhopper]

24. Yet some here say

I am just being a Chicken Little.

[Amishman]

2. Good, he still won't get what he wants and he makes enemies of the SCOTUS

SCOTUS does not like to be defied

[Dale Neiburg]

3. And he may be able to distract attention

from the Epstein story, which seems to be getting closer and closer to him.

[stopbush]

4. He'll just issue an executive order stating that rape is OK if you're president,

and that includes the time before you became POTUS.

[edhopper]

11. What do you mean?

The Commerce Dept. will print them and use them.
He doesn't care about the Courts.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I hope whoever filed the lawsuit against the census question

gets an injunction slapped on this EO before the ink is dry

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. If Trump will ignore a SCOTUS ruling , an injunction will be swatted away like a pesky fly nt

[ScratchCat]

9. It doesn't matter what Trump ignores

Because the people in charge of carrying out these responsibilities are not going to defy a Federal Court order.

[edhopper]

12. Yes, they will

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. If given cover by AG Barr, there are plenty of "Good German"

Around to spit on the Rule of Law- if Barr won’t prosecute, what’s the risk in defying a court order?

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. This warrants a government shutdown, and opening impeachment inquiry

Nothing less.

[watoos]

15. I'm sorry, nothing personal,

but that made me laugh. All of the stuff that Trump has done to deserve impeachment I guess just 1 more thing may be the last straw. Someone needs to convince Speaker Pelosi.

[ScratchCat]

8. Just distraction from the Epstein mess

Donald Trump doesn't print the Census. The Census Bureau does. The Census Bureau has been enjoined from adding the question by a Federal Court. This was upheld by the Supreme Court. An EO changes nothing and doesn't override the courts ruling. Courts would immediately rule his EP null and void. This is a complete joke. This isn't like the border wall nonsense - its even more clear. You can't go to a court, argue a case, lose and then just claim you didn't have to go to court in the first place.

And I doubt the GOP will stand for this. I expect many comments that it has no force of law and is null and void.

[edhopper]

13. They will because

the Chief Executive will order it. He will ignore the Court and remove any official that doesn't heed him.

[ScratchCat]

14. Oh, I hope Trump does

Try to remove someone for not violating a Federal Court order. I really do.

[edhopper]

17. Why?

Who will stop him?

[watoos]

16. It wasn't my idea but someone suggested it here,

Trump could put the citizenship question on the envelope, by the time that was resolved in the courts the census would be over.

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Don't underestimate the banality of evil

There are plenty of “Good Germans” around to thwart the Rule of Law”.

Let’s just hope there are more heroes.

[Soph0571]

20. Like this...

[triron]

21. Yep.

[EleanorR]

23. I agree he's doing this to knock Acosta off the front page

As well as Epstein and allegations of child sexual abuse at trump's concentration camps.