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Originally Posted by Money2Burn
Lol if you think this SC let’s this president have his emergency, it will let a democratic president do the same thing for a green new deal.
I don't think this is LOL at all. I very easily could see John Roberts voting with Breyer, Sotomayor, RBG, and Kagan for exactly this reason.
The Supreme Court would never endorse suspending elections as some in this thread are suggesting. And it's hard to see how a S. Ct. opinion could be written in a way that would keep the genie in the bottle.
This is alarming for all the obvious reasons, but it's far from clear that this gambit will work for Trump. There is a reason why he risked (and received) a kicking during the shutdown rather than declare a national emergency right out of the gate.