How will the 2nd 100 days go?

Tecumsehsbones

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CNN's Van Jones admits...

"The Russia thing is just a big nothing burger."


Project Veritas|American Pravda: CNN
But you be sure to blame Obama for not doing something about nothing, mmm-kay?
 

Corduroy

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The Court said that people who have a bona fide relationship with a person or institution in the U.S. can still come, as visitors or refugees. Trump can exclude those who do not have such a bona fide relationship. The Court did not decide the merits of the case. It will do that, or not, in October.

But the travel ban is temporary isn't it? So by the time they hear it, it will have expired. What they're basically doing is allowing the order to do through, modified to their liking, or in other words, legislating from the bench. Of maybe they are executive ordering from the bench. Court's gone rogue. Before they just thought they were Congress. Now they're president! Judge, jury and executioner.

But if the point of the first travel ban was to figure out what the hell is going on, how long should we expect Trump to figure that out? The length of the first ban has gone by. Has he figured out what the hell is going on yet? Will he by the time the current one lapses?
 

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But the travel ban is temporary isn't it? So by the time they hear it, it will have expired. What they're basically doing is allowing the order to do through, modified to their liking, or in other words, legislating from the bench. Of maybe they are executive ordering from the bench. Court's gone rogue. Before they just thought they were Congress. Now they're president! Judge, jury and executioner.

But if the point of the first travel ban was to figure out what the hell is going on, how long should we expect Trump to figure that out? The length of the first ban has gone by. Has he figured out what the hell is going on yet? Will he by the time the current one lapses?
I would say it's overwhelmingly likely they will refuse to hear the case for mootness.
 

Corduroy

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My executive orders are the mootest. Believe me. I've seen other executive orders. I won't name names. I could name names, but I won't. Easily. I wouldn't be a problem. I've seen these orders and one maybe two are moot. Thousands of executives orders. You wouldn't believe it. Thousands. And just one or two were moot. I think maybe one. Some say two. We'll look into it. John, is it one or two? This is John. He's our executive order guy. He's made some tremendous orders for us. Just tremendous. You should see them. All moot. Every one of them. More moot than any other. Can you find out for us John? John will find out. He's got a cute little girl. What's her name? Mootilda? Beautiful girl. Gonna be a ten. So we have the mootest orders and we'll keep mooting them. The next one we got is already moot. You won't believe how we did it, but it's moot already. Great work. Very very moot.
 

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The High Cost of Waiting to Drain the Swamp | The Heritage Foundation
“Drain the swamp!” It was the battle cry of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Many Republican members of Congress echoed that call as well, riding it to victory—and control of both legislative chambers.
The American people rallied around the cry because it reinforced their impression of what Washington had become: a swamp infested with special-interest groups and power-hungry bureaucrats.
They rallied, too, because it held the promise of getting our country back on track—by reforming the tax code, repealing Obamacare, cutting spending, and eliminating the needless red tape that stifles entrepreneurship and innovation.
But more than five months into the new Congress and the new administration, precious little draining has occurred. The delay in action is not only frustrating, it’s expensive: With the promised reforms, the U.S. could have created as much as $5 billion per day in economic output. If nothing changes, the swamp will end up costing more than 2 million prospective jobs over the next decade.
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