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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama
Judge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama
What goes around, Republicans are learning, comes around.
By DAVID ROGERS
12/14/2019 06:39 AM EST
President Donald Trumps border wall is facing a surprising new legal hurdle down in Texas: an obscure legislative provision crafted by House Republicans in 2014 when the GOP was targeting then-President Barack Obamas budget powers.
The amendment, carried forward into current law, has resurfaced with a vengeance in El Paso, Texas. U.S District Court Judge David Briones has been quoting back its words in a series of rulings against Trumps decision to take $3.6 billion from military construction projects to expedite his wall.
As first adopted, the Republican language specifically prohibited Obama from taking any step to eliminate or reduce funding for any program, project, or activity as proposed in the Presidents budget request until it's cleared with Congress.
The triggering event was a relatively narrow dispute in 2013 over funding for space exploration. But when they were enacted in Jan. 2014, the restrictions applied government-wide. And a year later, under full Republican control, Congress added the word increase alongside eliminate or reduce funding.
What goes around, in other words, comes around.
But whats most remarkable is how much the legislative phrasing aimed squarely at Obama applies directly to the current fight involving Trump.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/14/judge-trump-border-wall-obama-084540?cid=apn&fbclid=IwAR3RWoEy5k_B6h4zNVPw-nfoE7rd3f70qIUSOOm7dtUj-Bki2NoI7DwyP8s
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Judge stymies Trump's border wall by invoking GOP law targeting Obama (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2019
OP
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)1. oops ...
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)2. What goes around comes around.
malaise
(269,022 posts)3. Sweet
Fugg 'em!
tblue37
(65,391 posts)4. Like the House committee rules the GOP enacted to squelch Dems when the Repubs had
the majority. They squawked loudly when the Democrats followed those same rules during the impeachment inquiry.
Lonestarblue
(9,998 posts)5. Republicans believe in two Constitutions.
Theres the original (and only) one that applies to Democrats and then theres the Republican version that has only one article, which says that if youre a Republican you can do anything you want, legal or not.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)6. Karma's a b!tch
Volaris
(10,271 posts)7. Lol!. .
Republicans: this is totally Not Fair
Democrats: how the fuck do you know?
Republicans: cause we wrote it to BE NOT FAIR.
Democrats:
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)8. Oh,
Darn the luck.......
spanone
(135,841 posts)9. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
crickets
(25,981 posts)10. Poetic justice, well deserved. nt
keithbvadu2
(36,816 posts)11. Blowback
wnylib
(21,479 posts)12. Love it.