Opinion | Steve Vladeck: 'We have gradually but ineluctably transitioned from the separation of powers to the separation of parties.' - NBCNewsTHINK
to terminate the president’s national emergency — a stunningly low figure given how many of the same representatives repeatedly railed against comparable actions by Obama. Incredibly, almost the same number of Republican Senators also broke ranks, suggesting either that those Senators are more willing to cross Trump, or that the small number of defections in the House provided political cover.
Some celebrate the fact that this political reality makes it increasingly difficult for the political branches to accomplish anything new when there is divided government. So be it. But it’s worse than that: As Trump’s “national emergency” declaration underscores, these politics make it impossible for Congress to pull back authority it has previously granted to the president , because there will almost never be veto-proof supermajorities of both chambers that will agree to such a measure.
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