Friday, March 27, 2020
AN OBVIOUS FACT THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN REMARKED ON
Trump has refused, in response to the pandemic, to use the very great presidential powers that existing laws give him. Why? Well, thus far the COVD-19 "hot spots" have all been in heavily Democratic states that he has no chance of carrying in the election. A second fact: a number of governors have made requests for federal medical supplies; the only governor whose requests have been fully met is Republican DeSantis of Florida.
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He makes no pretense of being the "President of all of the people." I can't think of any in my lifetime who didn't at least make a pretense, and no on none who held back things like disaster aid. Bush with Katrina? I don't think so. Louisiana is a pretty red state; more likely it was Brownie and incompetence.
According to the NYT,
« The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the heads of major corporations have lobbied the administration against using the act. They say the move could prove counterproductive, imposing red tape on companies precisely when they need flexibility to deal with closed borders and shuttered factories.
Mr. Trump and the director of his national economic council, Larry Kudlow, as well as Mr. Kushner, were persuaded by those arguments, administration officials said. »
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-defense-production-act.html
Oops, "the act" being the Defense Production Act of course.
A bit more on the balance of powers between the federal and state governments: https://legal-planet.org/2020/03/18/presidential-power-in-a-pandemic/
Trump simply wanted to call himself, and be called, a 'wartime president.'
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