(02-15-2019, 01:23 PM)Kane Wrote:

(02-15-2019, 01:18 PM)mikesez Wrote: there are statutes that specifically give the president the authority to freeze bank accounts and other assets of foreigners.
That kind of thing can't be debated in Congress on a case-by-case basis. 
If they start moving a bill with your name on it, you'll get your money out to Panama or some other place before they are done debating.

Obviously it's "legal".
So was everything Hitler did in Germany 

Doesn't make Somali pirates a national emergency situation for the US.
Or whatever is happening in Myanmar either.

So you can keep dodging the point if you want but it stands. Declaring a national emergency for whatever one person thinks is best without having it debated in Congress has precedent... and it seems to get worse the more our POTUS' do it