Trump Violates Separation of Powers

"Fox News’ senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano warned that President Donald Trump had continued a “very dangerous trend” by violating the Constitution’s “separation of powers” three times in the past week alone."




 "Napolitano outlined three recent directives from Trump and explained how
they violated the Constitution. The first was the president’s order to
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to not purchase a missile
defense system approved by Congress and instead use the funds to
construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Second, the former judge
cited Trump’s order to send troops to secure the border, pointing out
how it violated the separation of powers, because the president’s oath
does not allow military forces to be deployed to deal with domestic
issues. [Third,] Napolitano also argued that Trump’s decision to impose 25
percent tariffs on Chinese goods was akin to levying a “national federal
sales tax” on American consumers, which the president did not have
power to do under the Constitution."





https://www.newsweek.com/trump-violated-constitution-separation-powers-three-times-1427253

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