Trump then doubled-down when he shared a picture of Napoleon Bonaparte, who declared himself emperor of France in the early 1800s.
As to be expected, this remark drew ire and rebuke from Democrats in Washington and left-leaning influencers online.Subscribed
Earlier that same day, February 15th, former Fox News host Judge Andrew Napolitano wrote a piece providing a neutral warning about Trump offering to declare an emergency at the Texas/Mexico border, arguing that this would allow him more powers to make certain arrests and use military force.
Napolitano pointed out that New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, for example, abused the power of declaring an emergency to grant himself far more powers than the Governor otherwise could have, to enforce his very strict lockdown protocols beginning in 2020. He contends that using these emergency powers is essentially being used to circumvent the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, particularly that of the Ninth Amendment.
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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