Presidents do have some emergency powers in an epidemic (some of which are granted by Congress), but they relate to *closing* things (still mostly borders, federal property, etc). Presidents have little or no power to *open* things closed by the states.https://twitter.com/BoSnerdley/status/1250068556710100994 …
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As I've been saying since 2015, the great threat is not that Trump expands presidential power, but that he degrades it. However, encouraging the reversion of state power to state governors at the expense of the White House is a good thing, even if it's temporary.
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Not 100% all he can do. I believe Eisenhower would disagree.
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And republicans think this was a Galaxy Brain move to make governors take the blame if he tells them to reopen.
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The latter is limited by law, but what are those limits, and if he violates that law, what are the likely practical consequences?
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Under this congress there will be no consequences.
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Really believe Trump meant that if the data shows a state should not be opening on any kind of scale, but chooses to do so anyway, he's going to exert whatever political influence he has to reverse the state's decision. I wish he had clarified his statement. It came off very bad.
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I agree with you crank. This will be a state-by-state initiative and it's likely going to drive Trump crazy. His political influence, particularly w/ blue states, is practically non-existent.
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