ThatOwlWoman (01-11-2019)
The courts won't approve imminent domain based on Trump's lies or his ego needs.
excerpt:
The opposition will intensify if Democrats accede to the Trump administration’s demand to build more than 215 new miles of wall, including 104 miles in the Rio Grande Valley and 55 miles near Laredo. Even a compromise solution to build “steel slats,” as Trump has suggested, or more fencing of the kind that Democrats have previously supported would likely trigger more court cases and pushback in Texas.
Legal experts say Trump likely cannot waive eminent domain — which requires the government to demonstrate a public use for the land and provide landowners with compensation — by declaring a national emergency.
Standing near the Rio Grande, Trump was asked Thursday how quickly border wall construction could start if he declared an emergency.
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
ThatOwlWoman (01-11-2019)
PostmodernProphet (01-11-2019)
There's nothing these landowners can do, the government has the constitutional right of eminent domain.
Every life matters
MAGA MAN (01-11-2019)
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
MAGA MAN (01-11-2019)
Not really the problem. If they reach the American Gaza strip, they can still apply for amnesty. It seems stupid to set the wall back so far in Texas if the goal is to keep them from getting in to begin with. They will already be in. I don't live in Texas and never intend to live in Texas, so I do think they should have a say in this being on the front line, but the say should come from the Texas government after careful deliberation, and not just a bunch of random yahoos with vested interests one way or the other like trailer park slum lord dude.
kudzu (01-11-2019), ThatOwlWoman (01-11-2019)
Your assertion that reps along the wall oppose it because their constituents want it makes you look foolish. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-...ding-2019-1-8/
kudzu (01-11-2019)
You mean Obama issued an executive order that directly contradicted what US law currently is that President Trump reversed. What a travesty that someone decided to obey US law and not try to circumvent it. Obama was a total fuck up in this regard. Rather than fight the good fight, rally support, have the debate, and make substantive permanent change, he tried to end-run the Congress to score cheap political points. There are plenty of deplorables who support immigration reform, but rather than try to build a coalition for change, he cowered.
Bigdog (01-11-2019)
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