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That's really interesting. It contrasts greatly with what I grew up with, when presidents were challenged by fearless journalists.
This concept reinforces my *impression* that German culture has trouble challenging hierarchies.
The #WestVirginia Citizen Action Group then filed a lawsuit claiming Morrisey exceeded his #authority.
Under #state #law, the group argued, the governor could deploy the #NationalGuard out of state only for certain purposes, such as responding to a #NaturalDisaster or another state’s #emergency request.
Morrisey’s office has argued the deployment was authorized under federal law.
#Trump #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #WashingtonDC #PosseComitatusAct #fascism #Gestapo
But the succession of notices the #Treasury & #IRS have issued beginning in summer means the #tax could bring in a fraction of that.
The breaks come in addition to the ~$4 trillion package of tax cuts that #Trump signed into #law in July. The #legislation, passed entirely by #Republicans, heavily benefits #corporations & the #ultrawealthy. It is projected to add trillions of dollars to the federal #deficit & came with steep cuts to #healthcare for the #elderly & #FoodStamps for the poorest.
With its various #tax relief provisions, the admin is now effectively adding hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors. The #Treasury is empowered to write rules to help the #IRS carry out tax laws passed by #Congress. But the aggressive actions of the #Trump admin raise questions about whether it is exceeding its legal #authority.
"And that is something no president in 200 years has ever thought. The tariff power goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War &… the protests in the Boston Tea Party & the like," #Katyal said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
"And our #Constitution was very clear in saying…there's one branch that has the #power to tariff & it isn't the president & it isn't the #courts. It's the #Congress of the #UnitedStates," Katyal said.
The case, known as V.O.S. Selections v. Trump, centers on whether #Trump exceeded his #authority by invoking an emergency-powers #law to impose a slew of far-reaching tariff policies.
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