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The fentanyl excuse is technically necessary because the US President only has emergency powers in matters of commerce. He would emphasize decreasingly-urgent e
by ttyprintk 2y ago
The fentanyl excuse is technically necessary because the US President only has emergency powers in matters of commerce. He would emphasize decreasingly-urgent excuses without fentanyl, each looking expedient and cynical. Failing to persuade Congress to rubber-stamp this might expose Trump as weak.
- maxerickson 2y agoA single member can bring a resolution to question the declared emergency, with the statute granting the emergency powers requiring the resolution to be brought to the floor relatively quickly.
- ttyprintk 2y agoSince fentanyl is mostly smuggled by US citizens, I’m not sure what kind of emergency this is that it needs the executive to overrule the legislative on commerce.