THE NOTE: Republicans are joining Democrats in questioning the wisdom and constitutionality of the president's actions—with some GOP rising stars thinking about what the post-Trump era might look like.
wants to be: Acting in the face of congressional inaction and casting himself as the hero of a weary nation.were issued under questionable legal grounds and won't have anywhere near the"very rapid" implementation the president is promising.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, N.J. on Aug. 8, 2020.Sen. Ben Sasse called it"unconstitutional slop," in a statement referencing the"pen-and-phone theory of executive lawmaking" that conservatives once mocked former President Barack Obama for espousing.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden departs after speaking about reopening the country during a speech in Darby, Pa. Harris' background makes her arguably an interesting foil to Biden's insensitive comments last week. A biracial African American woman, with family legacy ties to India and Jamaica, she embodies the rich diversity of the black community in the country. Could that give her leverage now?
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