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I'm confused, how does this not violate state's rights? https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215578/trump-ventilators-coronavirus-cory-gardner-colorado-jared-polis-patronage … Is it because the trade crosses state lines? Then, a Colorado company selling to the CO state couldn't be stopped? This is also why the National Guard should be separate from the US Army.
I'd love to know why @FEMA_Pete, @FEMAspox, and @fema can't publish their selection criteria and be fully transparent about how confiscated ventilators are being redistributed. FEMA isn't a military organization so it has no top secret rights:https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215578/trump-ventilators-coronavirus-cory-gardner-colorado-jared-polis-patronage …
If @FEMA_Pete is entirely above board and isn't using the government to confiscate life saving equipment from Domcratic run states to transfer to Republican run states, then he should be able to back it up. This is a democracy. FEMA has no rights to secret dealings.
I'd also like to point out that every journalist covering this is totally useless. Even the Vox article: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215578/trump-ventilators-coronavirus-cory-gardner-colorado-jared-polis-patronage … Doesn't mention any corporations involved. Not a single FOIA request submitted. Not one direct interview. Just milking the NYT's sloppy editorial.
Actually, there may be legal precedent from the EPA stepping outside its Congressional mandate: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0623/On-EPA-power-to-limit-greenhouse-gases-a-Supreme-Court-compromise … Seems like could be a weapon used against FEMA in this case. (Also, it would be delicious to use Scalia's words to shut down Republican favoritism).pic.twitter.com/hNQG2Z59ps
So looks like there's precedent in stopping a federal agency from going past its Congressional mandate. FEMA's job is to arrive and assist states recovering. I'm pretty sure nothing in its mandate involves confiscating state property. They are supposed to *bring* resources.pic.twitter.com/HIt22DjKB9
A simple challenge to @FEMA_Pete's tactic of confiscating equipment from Democratic states is to take them to court to defend how that fits their Congressional mandate same as this case with the EPA:
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0623/On-EPA-power-to-limit-greenhouse-gases-a-Supreme-Court-compromise …
Then they have bring the docs and evidence to prove it
If the EPA had to justify with documentation their extension of green house gas emissions was within Congressional mandates, then FEMA should have to do the same thing. EPA couldn't keep it secret, for the same reasons FEMA can't now.
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