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highplainsdem

(49,029 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2019, 11:56 PM Jan 2019

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George Takei: Prepare, all good citizens.

Minutes ago:

Link to tweet

Prepare, all good citizens. If Trump declares a “National Emergency” in order to fund his wall, the House and the Senate are empowered under the 1976 National Emergencies Act to repudiate it. We will face a constitutional crisis if the Senate simply rolls over. We must mobilize.

He just followed that up with this:

Link to tweet

The press need to stop devoting OpEds and airtime to opinions about crude language and dancing. We have a government shutdown, a president talking about declaring a national emergency, and 800,000 federal workers without pay. The nation is unraveling. Do your real jobs.

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George Takei: Prepare, all good citizens. (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2019 OP

Looks like a veto would have to be overridden manor321 Jan 2019 #1

Amen pecosbob Jan 2019 #2

A fucking men in fact 47of74 Jan 2019 #11

The last time an asshole with a massive military called a national emergency things went south fast uponit7771 Jan 2019 #3

Reichstag fire. Zoonart Jan 2019 #4

More like the Enabling Act afterwards. The fire was just the excuse. hedda_foil Jan 2019 #8

So wish George would run for public office. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #5

Good tweets. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #6

The orange moron is running Support Border Security ads on CNN BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #7

Get ready for a declaration of NY and CA independence if George is right. roamer65 Jan 2019 #9

here is the Atlantic's review of what emergency powers mean and allow Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #10

This was one Twiiter response from that thread nitpicker Jan 2019 #12

Thanks! Great point! highplainsdem Jan 2019 #13

The National Emergency is in the White House. panader0 Jan 2019 #14

manor321

(3,344 posts)

1. Looks like a veto would have to be overridden

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:07 AM

Jan 2019

I looked at the Wiki for the 1976 National Emergencies Act. It looks like the Congress could pass a joint resolution ending the emergency. But it would need to be signed by the president. So it would take a 2/3rds vote to override a veto.

pecosbob

(7,542 posts)

2. Amen

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:53 AM

Jan 2019

47of74

(18,470 posts)

11. A fucking men in fact

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 03:03 AM

Jan 2019

Anyone not liking my language can go pound sand

uponit7771

(90,359 posts)

3. The last time an asshole with a massive military called a national emergency things went south fast

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:59 AM

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Zoonart

(11,877 posts)

4. Reichstag fire.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:06 AM

Jan 2019

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

8. More like the Enabling Act afterwards. The fire was just the excuse.

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:45 AM

Jan 2019

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

5. So wish George would run for public office.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:22 AM

Jan 2019

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

6. Good tweets. nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:26 AM

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BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)

7. The orange moron is running Support Border Security ads on CNN

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:27 AM

Jan 2019

tonight. They are paid for by Donald J Trump and are naming Pelosi and Dems as the evil, unAmericans who want our country to be taken over by drugs and crime. It has been 2 months since the midterms and I couldn't figure out what the ad was at first and only paid attention to see who sponsored it.

roamer65

(36,747 posts)

9. Get ready for a declaration of NY and CA independence if George is right.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:48 AM

Jan 2019

The New England states will soon follow, along with a few others.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

10. here is the Atlantic's review of what emergency powers mean and allow

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 02:00 AM

Jan 2019

[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/|

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)

12. This was one Twiiter response from that thread

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:35 AM

Jan 2019

Asha Rangappa

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If POTUS is willing to continue the shutdown for “months, even years,” isn’t he conceding that building a wall really isn’t an emergency?

highplainsdem

(49,029 posts)

13. Thanks! Great point!

Reply to nitpicker (Reply #12)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:12 PM

Jan 2019

panader0

(25,816 posts)

14. The National Emergency is in the White House.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:19 PM

Jan 2019

Spanky does seem to realize that not paying the TSA (who are having a sick out),
and the Coast Guard and so many others, that he is causing the problem.

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