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"Extraordinary", such as a fictional fentanyl emergency at the northern border (despite the fact that a trivial amount of fentanyl enters the U.S. from Canada,
by peeters 2y ago
"Extraordinary", such as a fictional fentanyl emergency at the northern border (despite the fact that a trivial amount of fentanyl enters the U.S. from Canada, and more enters Canada from the U.S.).
Of course, you have Congress to keep the President in check that these are real emergencies. Which is why the House will definitely be bringing S.J.Res. 37 to the floor, right? Because it's their sworn duty to act as a check on executive power, right?
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/s160 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/s160
- alabastervlog 2y agoThere's a reason the saying, "in America we have three coequal branches of government: the Supreme Court rules, the President crimes, and Congress is just for fun" has become popular since some time after his first inauguration.
- pseudalopex 1y agoThe only search results for this allegedly popular saying were your comment and a comment elsewhere which quoted you.
- chrz 1y agoMy greatgrandfather used to say it all the time
- cma 2y agoHe first announced tariffs on China over fentanyl something like 2 or 3 days after pardoning the biggest heroin by mail operator in world history (Ross Ulbricht).