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Started by FunkMonk, November 08, 2016, 11:02:57 PM

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Syt

#21810
February 15, 2019, 11:54:09 AM
How much oversight does Congress have over emergencies? Can they go to the courts saying, "This is not an emergency?"
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Threviel

#21811
February 15, 2019, 11:56:44 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 15, 2019, 11:54:09 AM
How much oversight does Congress have over emergencies? Can they go to the courts saying, "This is not an emergency?"

Yeah, I heard that there might be around 30 emergencies, so there seems to be some work for congress there. A lot of those can't be serious emergencies.

FunkMonk

#21812
February 15, 2019, 12:17:53 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 15, 2019, 11:52:58 AM
Is there in fact a National Emergencies Act?  I figured there were emergency powers clauses imbedded in a range of legislation.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/3884
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celedhring

#21813
February 15, 2019, 01:34:16 PM Last Edit: February 15, 2019, 01:36:02 PM by celedhring
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 15, 2019, 12:17:53 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 15, 2019, 11:52:58 AM
Is there in fact a National Emergencies Act?  I figured there were emergency powers clauses imbedded in a range of legislation.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/3884

It says Congress can terminate every 6 months, so he'll probably need to marshall the Senate.

Are those votes actually being held for all those 30 national emergencies?

Also:

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Repeals specified regulations of consumer credit.

Repeals that provision of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, prohibiting the Tennessee Valley Authority from selling products except ferrophosphorus for use outside of the United States.

Repeals the designated provisions of law regarding the promotion of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service.

Repeals designated provisions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 regarding price adjustments on the sale of surplus war-built vessels to United States citizens

I love when they shoehorn totally unrelated provisions into a law. I guess they needed the votes from the TN delegation.

Valmy

#21814
February 15, 2019, 01:39:28 PM
I am glad they took the opportunity to repeal that post-WWII ship business. That got to be troublesome by the 1970s.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#21815
February 15, 2019, 01:45:58 PM
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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garbon

#21816
February 15, 2019, 01:48:03 PM
:huh:

I though congress voted to pass ACA?
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Admiral Yi

#21817
February 15, 2019, 01:49:05 PM
I'm guessing it's a reference to the personal mandate.

Valmy

#21818
February 15, 2019, 01:51:19 PM
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#21819
February 15, 2019, 01:52:05 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 15, 2019, 01:49:05 PM
I'm guessing it's a reference to the personal mandate.

There is a personal mandate about the wall? No. It makes no sense.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Razgovory

#21820
February 15, 2019, 03:16:01 PM
I'll happy when Mueller finally gets him.
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Sophie Scholl

#21821
February 15, 2019, 03:46:50 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 15, 2019, 03:16:01 PM
I'll happy when Mueller finally gets him.
I don't have nearly enough faith in the system anymore for that to give me any sense of hope.
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Habbaku

#21822
February 15, 2019, 03:47:31 PM
He'll die of a heart attack caused by a coked-out binge before Mueller gets him.
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Habbaku

#21823
February 15, 2019, 05:27:54 PM
Did anyone actually watch his stupid emergency speech? I'm too scared to dive into a transcript.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
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crazy canuck

#21824
February 15, 2019, 05:54:09 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on February 15, 2019, 05:27:54 PM
Did anyone actually watch his stupid emergency speech? I'm too scared to dive into a transcript.

Nope, that TV show is long past jumping the shark.  Trying to find something else to watch now.
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