Monday, August 11, 2025

The Sky Leaked Water

 Does Trump know that section?

a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for federal purposes, he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall provide, such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate. In no case, however, shall such services made available pursuant to any such direction under this subsection extend for a period in excess of 48 hours unless the President has, prior to the expiration of such period, notified the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on the District of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in writing, as to the reason for such direction and the period of time during which the need for such services is likely to continue.
' (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, such services made available in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall terminate upon the end of such emergency, the expiration of a period of 30 days following the date on which such services are first made available, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution by the Congress providing for such termination, whichever first occurs.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in any case in which such services are made available in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section during any period of an adjournment of the Congress sine die, such services shall terminate upon the end of the emergency, the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which Congress first convenes following such adjournment, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution by the Congress providing for such termination, whichever first occurs.

(d) Except to the extent provided for in subsection (c) of this section, no such services made available pursuant to the direction of the President pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall extend for any period in excess of 30 days, unless the Senate and the House of Representatives enact into law a joint resolution authorizing such an extension.
By my calculations, he’s got basically until September 10, max. Congress has not adjourned sine die (Senate is still in session), so subsection c) does not apply. And a joint resolution is not going to happen. This isn’t exactly the practice shot for the “federalization” of major American cities. Dude, you can’t even do that in D.C. I don’t think even the Roberts Court is going to rewrite the 10th for Trump. “You vill scrub your streets und you vill like it!” (I realize I’m implying Germans are still Nazis, and I apologize. The cleanest cities I visited in Europe were in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The cleanliness was down to the culture of the people, not the fanaticism of the governments. But what Trump’s saying here is truly idiotic.) I struggle to find that authority in the D.C. Home Rule Act. Professor Vladeck explains:
Thus, the D.C. local government generally exercises plenary authority over local affairs in the District of Columbia, while the federal government retains authority over federal institutions in the District.
He’s referring specifically to police power, but I don’t see anything in the emergency provision quoted above giving Trump sweeping authority to level residential housing. Congress might be able to authorize it; but that’s never gonna happen. Trump is trying to yell over the Epstein files; but he’s in no way flexing for a takeover of Chicago or NYC. That way lies impeachment (forget the 25th. It’s more applicable, but Vance and the Cabinet will never do it, because the 25th is temporary, not permanent). Taking over cities because you don’t like who the mayor or governor is? I think even Lindsay Graham would choke on that one. The military fired into the sky, and the sky leaked water. Jake Tapper says this is okay because Biden was old, and he tried to keep that secret. And there’s no book in public displays of incoherence.
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