Here's a thread on developments of the last 24 hours - including Pence's Canadian visit, Lighthizer's submission of NAFTA text to Congress, and Trump's impetuous launching of a trade offensive against Mexico...
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Poison pills that make Democrats and Mexicans the problem.
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Who thinks THIS Senate will stand up to Trump?
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Though it technically predated IEEPA, my reading is that the court's reasoning would still be valid under the TWEA as amended.
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This puts us, in Justice Robert Jackson's words from Youngstown v. Sawyer (1952), in a "zone of twilight" - and one we can't expect the courts will save us from.
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Of course, it's been a while since presidents have acted in ways that might trigger these precedents. Since the Roberts Court didn't block the #MuslimBan, all bets are off.
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