Maybe it’s time to cancel the constitutional crisis if President Trump declares a national emergency over the border?
According to CNN, if the president does indeed declare a national emergency in his remarks tonight, it would be the 32nd active national emergency that the U.S. is dealing with:
CNN lists **31** active "national emergencies." Oldest is Jimmy Carter freezing Iranian assets after the 1979 Islamic revolution.https://t.co/EMNra0l1cr
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2019
It’s quite a list!
The United States is already invoking emergency powers for:
– Iran
– Cuba
– Sudan
– Western Balkans
– Zimbabwe
– Syria
– Belarus
– Congo
– Lebanon
– North Korea
– Libya
– Yemen
– South Sudan
– Venezuela
– Burundi
– Nicaragua
– & moreMy latest for @CNN: https://t.co/tWtFdDAX50
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 7, 2019
3 of the 31 were issued by President Trump:
Trump has already issued three national emergency declarations: one to punish foreign actors for election interference, one for sanctions on human rights abusers and one for sanctions on members of the Nicaraguan government.
My latest for @CNN: https://t.co/tWtFdDjmds
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 7, 2019
Maybe Congress can review a few of these, ‘eh?
The National Emergencies Act is such a joke. By law, Congress is supposed to get together twice a year to review which emergencies are still valid and which are no longer necessary. In practice, this hasn’t happened a single time since the law was passed in 1976. https://t.co/OA1YWDXNlm
— Daniel DePetris (@DanDePetris) January 8, 2019
Here’s a good primer: https://t.co/NknsZ8jZq0
— Daniel DePetris (@DanDePetris) January 8, 2019
And here:
And here’s a great report from @gregorykorte from 2014, which captures just how inept Congress has been with respect to the National Emergencies Act. Key line: “In 38 years, only one resolution has ever been introduced to cancel an emergency.” https://t.co/cEeP12wtBE
— Daniel DePetris (@DanDePetris) January 8, 2019
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Related:
REALLY!? Preet Bharara declares ‘no national emergency at the southern border’ (and people have thoughts) https://t.co/kkqSj81KKE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 7, 2019
That’s SIX too many: NBC News super stoked only ‘SIX terrorists’ crossed southern border illegally in 1st half of 2018 (holy sh*t!) https://t.co/E0jXENExQl
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 8, 2019
NEW: Mike Pence walks back Trump's claim that some former presidents told him they should have built a border wall https://t.co/HKoHdPlViw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 8, 2019
