Government by Hannity

[meow2u3]

President Trump’s emergency declaration for a border wall is based on an obvious falsehood: There is no emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. And because he was goaded into the declaration by Sean Hannity, the episode makes a mockery of the federal government.

But in the relative scheme of Trump’s misbehavior, the emergency declaration doesn’t rank very high. It’s not corruption or obstruction of justice. It’s not an attempt to undermine America’s alliance with Western Europe. And it doesn’t even matter much for immigration policy. If you’re trying to calibrate your Trump-related outrage, you can take a deep breath this morning.

“A presidential declaration of emergency in order to construct a wall would be stupid,” Lawfare’s Quinta Jurecic wrote. “It would be wasteful. It would test the limits of the president’s authority under the law in question. But it would not, in itself, be a step toward authoritarianism.” (Here’s the longer version of her case.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/opinion/national-emergency-trump-border.html

Who the hell elected Sean Insanity? What the hell makes him think he runs the country?

[The Genealogist]

1. Trump makes him think thzt

And since whatever Hannity demands seems to happen, is he wrong in thinking so?

[watoos]

2. So the argument is that,

Trump taking over the purse strings from Congress is not a step toward Authoritarianism because his step is going to get thrown out in the courts is a lame argument, IMO. First of all Trump will ignore a law suit, a judge will have to put a stay on Trump's executive action.

It's like if I rob a bank, I'm not really committing a crime, not really violating the Constitution because I am eventually going to get caught and will have to return the money.

Trump taking over powers designated to the legislative branch is a step toward Authoritarianism, whether he is successful or not is a moot point.