1) New sanctions on Russia pass Senate 98-2, House 419-3. Seeing veto-proof supermajorities, POTUS signs. 2) Executive branch doesn’t implement. 3) Everyone who’s been outspokenly critical for years about presidential fiat flips out. Wait, 1 & 2 happened, but 3 didn’t? Weird. https://twitter.com/eschor/status/958110759489294336 …
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This is a great test of which self-identified conservatives actually believe in conservative principles and which are just partisan loyalists. The executive branch must implement the law as written. Period.
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I concede there's some wiggle room when it comes to enforcement priorities. The executive has limited resources, and if those resources are not sufficient to enforce everything at once, POTUS must pick something to focus on. But that's not what's going on with Russia sanctions.
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The executive branch does not claim it lacks the resources to implement the legally mandated sanctions. It says it's not going to do it because the threat creates a deterrent, so implementing is unnecessary.
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Even if evidence showed threatening sanctions did everything implementing was supposed to do--and it doesn't--that's not what the law says
@AviWoolf,@bernybelvedere,@RadioFreeTom, anyone else, am I missing something? Or does this violate core constitutionalist principles? (END)Show this thread
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You seem to keep assuming Conservatives care about pesky things like "The Constitution" and "The People". I feel like you will be forever disappointed.
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I'm an optimist that way. I try to act according to principles, and I believe others do as well. Definitely not everyone. But some.
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Just a coincidence that this information is quietly announced when the
#ReleaseTheMemo publicity is dominating the news. Once again, a major policy decision is made when a distraction is in full focusThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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