re: #270 Belafon

For the umpteenth time, the answer is: It’s the wrong question. The right question is, if Trump declares a national emergency over the alleged “crisis” at the border, will there be any adverse consequences? Without enforcement, the Constitution and related laws are not worth the parchment they were written on.

It has been clear to anyone that Trump is in clear violation of the Emoluments Clause and engaged in various other conflicts of interest including obstructing investigations against himself, but Congress has shown no inclination to act against him.

The point of the Mueller investigation is to present a case so clear and incontrovertible that the GOP is forced to act or appear complicit, but at this point, I can imagine them just taking their chances by ignoring it attempting to dismiss it as a Deep State Conspiracy.