“Courts are not there to adjudicate just interesting constitutional or political questions between the branches,” he added later. [Trump declares national emergency on southern border in bid to build wall]McFadden did not say when he would rule on the House motion’s to block spending while litigation continued. But the House lawsuit directly raises constitutional arguments from another elected branch of the federal government. We cannot — and our Framers would have stood up and applauded me on this — we cannot have the president appropriating money,” Letter said. He said Burnham’s proposed solution — pass another law — was nonsensical, because Congress did pass a law, which the president flouted.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 15:41 UTC