The President and the Take Care Clause
Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution requires the President to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
This clause, known as the Take Care Clause, requires the President to enforce all constitutionally valid Acts of Congress, regardless of his own Administration’s view of their wisdom or policy. The clause imposes a duty on the President; it does not confer a discretionary power. The Take Care Clause is a limit on the Vesting Clause’s grant to the President of “the executive power.”
President Told Border Agents to Break the Law
Digby:
Last Friday, the President visited Calexico, California, where he said, "We're full, our system's full, our country's full -- can't come in! Our country is full, what can you do? We can't handle any more, our country is full. Can't come in, I'm sorry. It's very simple."
Behind the scenes, two sources told CNN, the President told border agents to not let migrants in. Tell them we don't have the capacity, he said. If judges give you trouble, say, "Sorry, judge, I can't do it. We don't have the room."
After the President left the room, agents sought further advice from their leaders, who told them they were not giving them that direction and if they did what the President said they would take on personal liability. You have to follow the law, they were told.
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Absolutely, as if we needed another reason!
Well if you read the lunatic scrawlings of the rabid righties you'll find out that it's not a GOP president telling people who work for him to break the law that's ruining America, no it's the Libruls who're destroying their country by exposing Don the Con and all his cheating, lying, and malfeasance in office:
Guilty White Liberals: A Clear and Present Danger
White liberals are cracked, and if they have their way, they will destroy the nation, wreck our democratic republican form of government, and splinter out society into a turd-world toilet of battling tribes.
Notice how it's "white" Liberals, I guess black Liberals are fine, guys and women like John Lewis, Reverend Al, Maxine Waters, are good, white Liberals; BAD! Hahahaha!
Meanwhile these assholes ignore a president telling America that he wants to get rid of judges because they don't rule in his favor and he tells border patrol folks to break the law and then fires the head of Homeland because she wasn't mean enough for him and now puts a fking Nazi in charge.
BUT WHITE LIBERALS ARE KILLING 'MURKA! Their insanity knows no bottom!
Jerry, Ray, here's the quote. What more do we need to show his malfeasance in office?:
Last Friday, the President visited Calexico, California, where he said, “We’re full, our system’s full, our country’s full — can’t come in! Our country is full, what can you do? We can’t handle any more, our country is full. Can’t come in, I’m sorry. It’s very simple.”
Behind the scenes, two sources told CNN, the President told border agents to not let migrants in. Tell them we don’t have the capacity, he said. If judges give you trouble, say, “Sorry, judge, I can’t do it. We don’t have the room.”
Right there Trump- is telling his officials to break the law.
As for the rabid right wing TrumpCultists, they see law breaking only when Democrats do it. Trump's been suckering them for 4 years and all they do is yell LIBERALS SUCK!
They're to be pitied, since somewhere in their twisted heads they know that Trump is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud, and that he represents THEM!
Guilty White Liberals: A Clear and Present Danger
White liberals are cracked, and if they have their way, they will destroy the nation, wreck our democratic republican form of government, and splinter out society into a turd-world toilet of battling tribes.
It is clear, at least to me, that the distinction white liberals was chosen because the white nationalists/supremacists are hyper critical of their white "brothers" who do not share their bigotry and desire to keep the races divided as well as their vocal criticism of Dotard Trump.
He's nothing but a wannabe dictator and with sycophants like Miller and Bolton in positions of authority he can pretty much have his way.
There are still a few judges in his way but he' out to neutralize them.
Ducky it's astounding that the people on the right have no problem with hearing Trump say he wants to "get rid of the judges," and hearing that Trump encouraged border agents to break the law, and at the same time whine about "white liberals" who are "destroying the nation" and wrecking Americans.
Imagine what the righties would have said and done had President Obama said he wanted to get rid of judges because they interfere with what he wants to do?
RN USA Wow! I hadn't thought of it that way. But why else would they have made the distinction, "white liberals?"
As I said to Ducky, it's amazing that those TrumpCultists have no problem with him wishing to get rid of judges who don't rule in his favor. This is exactly the thinking of dictators and tyrants. But as long as Trump has an "R" after his name, they're okay with that.
Democrats, Media Promote Hiring Boycott Against DHS Secretary Nielsen, Other Trump Officials!
What a great idea! Make it dangerous for people to work for the summbitch dictator and bastard who separates babies from their parents. I hope Nielsen regrets working for the Dotard for the rest of her ugly life.
Interesting from Pierce:
The Republican Party Will Do Anything to Camouflage That White Supremacy Is a Critical Part of Its Base
Trump has been telling his associates to break the law since he started in business. A trait he learned from his father. It only got worse when he moved into the White House. The more power, the more corruption. It's not really surprising Americans put him in the White House and I won't be surprised if they do it again.
It's not just Trump and his associates who are okay with breaking the law, it's Trump and his supporters who think it's fine to break the law. This was found on the Mother Ship, a good source for reading how the Trumpers think:
Ed Bonderenka says:
April 9, 2019 at 1:57 pm
It’s time that the President starts ignoring some of these judges.
So there it is. This asshole has no problem with anarchy and breaking the law, but if a black or a Muslim broke the law, that asshole would come down on them like a ton of bricks and tell all his fellow law-breakers about how true Americans follow the law!!!!
This is where the GOP base is today: If Trump wants to break the law and commit malfeasance, high crismes and misdemeanors, that's just fine with them. If a Dem did the same? OFF WITH HIS HEAD! LOCK HER UP!
These people are shit. Plain and simple.
Ray Not surprised. That group promotes murder of presidents and now ararchy because their guy doesn't want to follow the law? I wonder if they teach their kids and grandkids to break any law they don't like? It appears they do.
Can you imagine the howls from that group is President Obama said he wanted to get rid of judges? Ha! We all know what those people are even if they don't recognize what they are.
At least they're out in the open about their anti-Americanism.
Ray, Here's another gem:
I am so very tired of seeing, partisan know nothing, Judges over rule the President of The United States. We never elected them to office. If average Judges get to tell the President what he can and cannot do, we as a country, are really broken.
Those mutha shippers think they're constitutionalists and they don't have a clue as to what's in the constitution. But then, they think they're biblical Christians, too.
Craig, these people keep trump in office, without them his numbers would be in single digits. Never let them forget how their idolatry of trump has made them into little anarchists who want trump to dismantle our constitution and go on a rampage of breaking the laws. They belong in North Korea where worshipping a tyrant is mandatory. I still maintain that they are shit.
Craig, Those "mutha shippers" are incredibly unself-aware. There they are, wishing their president would set himself up for impeachment and conviction by disregarding a judge's order and breaking the law! It shows the world what dark, felonious little hearts they have!
Now we truly understand why a crook like Trump is so appealing to them.
Ray, those same folks were unrelenting in their criticism of President Obama.
It's really telling about their morality and values to see them advocating lawlessness.
"Idolatry" is a perfect description of their support for the immoral pig, Trump.
... those same folks were unrelenting in their criticism of President Obama.
Absolutely so. Not only that, criticism if fine when respectful, however, when it includes bigoted racist comments and picture it crosses the line. Which is why I have no compunction trolling the bigots and racists. It IS exactly WHAT they deserve. Sick Assholes ALL!!
According to Franco AKA FreeThinke the solution is to meet the next caravan at the border with flame throwers (burn to death men, women and children). Dead people can't ask for asylum. This from an individual who purports to be a Christian. But it is the Left that "forces us to REVERT to PRIMITIVE SAVAGERY" (it's the Democrat's fault that these people have to be murdered). I bet that Stephen Miller WOULD go that far if he could. tRump "only" wants to resume kidnapping people's children.
Dervish, those are the same people who claim to love and worship Jesus and believe in what Jesus preached. Funny.I don't remember Jesus telling people to kill men, women, and children seeking asylum. What's funny here is that their religious icons, Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus were seeking asylum, and that's the Xmas story. Hahaha! Now those who claim to be Xtians are advocating killing asylum seekers?
There's some real mental illness consuming the present Trump base.
RN definitely sick. Read what Dervish published here.
Does anyone besides Trump's suck-ups that AG Barr is fair and balanced about the Mueller Report? Of course not! He's hiding something that he doesn't want US to know about the skanky creep in the White House.
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