trump declares national emergency to build border wall (update)
Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have released joint statement in response to the president's announcement, calling it unlawful... ..…
Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have released joint statement in response to the president's announcement, calling it unlawful... ..…
Greek lawmakers on Thursday backed several amendments to the constitution which may be reviewed during the parliamentary session.. ..…
In Jackson's view, Truman's reliance on power under Constitution would concentrate in the president's hands, something the framers would not have wanted.. ..…
By sanctioning some of his top security officials and the head of the state oil company, WASHINGTON MUNICH - The United States ratcheted up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday, and unveiling plans to airlift over 200 tons of aid to Colombian border... ..…
The argument seems to be that Maduro has ruined Venezuelan economy, violated human rights of all sorts, challenged Venezuelan constitution, and was not freely or fairly re-elected in 2018.. the president of European, Antonio Tajani, said Venezuelan people have had enough of the hunger..…
Since the Mexican Constitution mandates that no public official should make more than the president, however, López Obrador has also effectively capped wages for all government employees. . ..…
And any Justice Department official who even mentioned the 25th Amendment in the context of President Trump has committed a grievous offense against the Constitution. ... This is an attack on our system, I would say, not just the President. ..…
Trump using his emergency powers to attempt to make end run around Congress would most lead many Republicans both House and Senate to object and this could lead to number of defections from Republican ranks to approve the resolution and nullify the President's attempt to make end-run around..…
Venezuela, directed by United States, is attempting coup to impose president, figure not recognized in Constitution, disregarding the will of 6,248,864 citizens. ... Based on the dissemination of this deception, they have attempted to mount coup d'état and impose president,..…
The outcome of Washington's actions is bound to be in number of ways, government headed by Guaidó will be perceived both by Venezuelans and international observers as made U.S.A.. ..…
The funding bill passed in Senate by majority prohibits the use of any of the security funds for the building of any of the. ..…
It shows that Democrats believe gun control has become their issue and if Democrat enters Oval Office in 2021, watch out.. ..…
Constitution: First Amendment,” www.law.cornell.edu) With him as president, the wall separating Church and State is in danger of being breeched. . ..…
They must therefore be appointed conformity with Constitution's Article II, either by President or by the agency heads. ..…
It's, I suppose, possible to imagine in which the president might take advantage of the exception, enacted in 2011. ... In any case, the tenor of Court's ruling was that the President does not possess the authority to take end-run around Congress and Constitution under the..…
The plain language of the Amendment—which is to say, the plain language of the Constitution to which McCabe and other FBI officials took an oath to uphold—contemplates the Vice President AND a majority of cabinet secretaries deciding that the President is incapable of doing his job and..…
'We have a crisis at our southern border, but no crisis justifies violating the Constitution,' Rubio told Axios. ... But a future president may use this exact same tactic to impose the Green New Deal.' . ..…
“No one in America is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Becerra said. ... Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the powers to direct dollars, the powers of the purse.” . . . ..…
“The Constitution gives Congress, not the President, powers to do this.” . ... This is a president showing his disdain for the rule of law and our U.S Constitution. ..…
While those emergency powers aren't spelled out in the Constitution, legal scholars say the president is entitled to them under the broadly defined 'executive power.' ..…
@SenSchumer & I call upon our Republican colleagues to join us to defend the Constitution. ... “The president’s actions clearly violate the Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, which our Founders enshrined in the Constitution,” they said in a statement. ..…
“The president’s actions clearly violate the Congress’ exclusive power of the purse, which our founders enshrined in the Constitution,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement Friday. ..…
By successive presidents as basis for intervention and war across the in the name of fighting terrorism, Walter Jones, before his death Sunday, put much effort into seeking repeal of the authorization for use of military force that has been used. ..…
In Youngstown, the in which Supreme Court blocked President Truman's attempt to seize the nation's steel mills, that broad emergency powers were something the forefathers omitted from Constitution.. ..…
The International Action Center publishes here Cuban government statement of Feb 12 that condemns U.S government's escalating preparations for Venezuela and calls on the community to mobilize to prevent U.S aggression. ..…
When the Constitution called the federal government into existence, it delegated none of these dictatorial powers to the president or to the military. In fact, if the proponents of the Constitution had told Americans that the president and the military in this new federal..…
Since Singapore summit, both sides have, on occasion, attempted to signal in moving negotiations forward United States relaxed restrictions on humanitarian assistance to North Korea, while North Korea announced that it was prepared to close its Yongbyon facilities in exchange for corresponding measures from..…
The Revolutionary Government of Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and actions of U.S for adventure under the guise of humanitarian intervention in Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and calls on the community to mobilize order to prevent its consummation.. ..…
It is an end-run around Congress and, as such, constitutes a violation of his oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” — which gives Congress, not the president, the authority to decide how public money is spent. ..…
There are obvious constitutional concerns with this, the least of which is the very specific “power of the purse” granted by the Constitution in Article I, Section 9. The president’s action is, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on the day it was leaked that the president..…
The Senate voted Thursday to approve William Barr who stepped down November. ..…