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If Trump declares his national emergency over border security and it is supported by the Republicans who simply want to give Trump a way out of the hopeless corner he has painted himself into and it is held up by the Courts - what happens down the road when a liberal Democrat is President and decides to pull the same measure regarding an issue like climate change or gun policy or something that Republicans are not eager to accede to? If a Court has already stated that the President indeed has the powers Trump claims, what is to stop future presidents from using them to effectively seriously weaken the powers of Congress in these areas?
And given this argument, how can Republicans in Congress stand by and encourage Trump to do this and not loudly object to it?
Is the momentary benefit to Trump so important that they would risk the very powers of the Congress as established by the Constitution?
And given this argument, how can Republicans in Congress stand by and encourage Trump to do this and not loudly object to it?
Is the momentary benefit to Trump so important that they would risk the very powers of the Congress as established by the Constitution?