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Congress is unlikely to have the votes to override President Donald Trump’s veto of its resolution revoking his national emergency declaration over the border wall. But the debate over its constitutionality, especially among conservatives, isn’t going anywhere.

Authoritarians versus libertarians at a level not seen since the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance Rand-paul-levin-554x350

Authoritarians versus libertarians at a level not seen since the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance Rand-paul-levin-554x350

When Senator Rand Paul announced he would oppose Trump’s national emergency, conservative talk host Mark Levin slammed the senator as a “phony constitutionalist.”
Levin wasn’t alone. Many on the Right, including politicians, pundits, and former White House deputy assistants, had less than kind words for the libertarian-leaning senator who pledged to join a minority of Republicans and most Democrats on a resolution to block Trump’s order.
There were conservatives who sided with Paul. When former Republican Senate candidate Austin Petersen of Missouri asked talk show host Glenn Beck whether conservatives now attacking Paul were being “phonies” themselves, Beck replied, “Yes.”
It’s worth noting that Beck and Levin work for the same media company.
The Resurgent’s Erick Erickson backed Paul and said he was “taking a principled stand.” National Review’s Katherine Timpf wrote, “Senator Rand Paul has announced that, despite supporting improvements in border security, he will vote against President Trump’s emergency declaration on the grounds that it’s an abuse of executive power—and he’s absolutely right.”
Timpf cited Paul’s Fox News op-ed in which the senator declared, “Every single Republican I know decried President Obama’s use of executive power to legislate. We were right then.”
Six years ago, Levin called Obama an “imperial president” due in large part to executive power abuses. “You would think that the Constitution is just another statute for these guys to play with,” Levin said in 2013. “This is why I’m furious. Because once we lose the Constitution, and we’re losing it big, what’s left? How do we keep these people in check?”

More: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/conservatives-continue-to-clash-over-trump-emergency-edict/

Authoritarians versus libertarians at a level not seen since the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance

Authoritarians versus libertarians at a level not seen since the Patriot Act and warrantless surveillance

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