Former VA Lt. Governor Bill Bolling is a conservative Republican and Trump voter, yet unlike Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Earle-Sears, Jason Miyares, Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans, Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, John McGuire, etc. – he actually cares about our constitution, rule of law, separation of powers, etc. In this case, Bolling writes, “We really need the Supreme Court to clarify what a President can and cannot do via Executuve Order.” in this case, “Funding for PBS and NPR was approved by Congress, and the question will be whether the President can unilaterally cancel funding that has been authorized by Congress.”
Of course, this is not even really a serious question, as there is literally ZERO doubt that this is unconstitutional – WILDLY so – and that, of course, CONGRESS has the “power of the purse.” So the question is, when are Republicans in Congress going to assert themselves, stand up for their constitutional prerogatives, and stop allowing Trump to roll over them? Will they EVER??? Because if they don’t, we are in deep, deep shit. Maybe Bill Bolling could talk to some of these people???
P.S. I’m not *at all* justifying what Trump’s doing, but I’ve just got to say that NPR and PBS have spent many years trying to appease their enemies on the right – pushing out a constant stream of “both sidesism,” false equivalence, sanewashing, whitewashing, etc. – yet…it has now failed, predictably, and in some ways it’s hard not to laugh, albeit bitterly, at NPR’s and PBS’ idiocy. Because at some level, they brought this on themselves (e.g., by helping bring Trump to power…).
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Regardless of how you feel about PBS and NPR, here’s another of President Trump’s Executive Orders that will be heading to court.
Funding for PBS and NPR was approved by Congress, and the question will be whether the President can unilaterally cancel funding that has been authorized by Congress.
My prediction: the President will likely lose this one.
We really need the Supreme Court to clarify what a President can and cannot do via Executuve Order.
Since taking office, President Trump has issued a record 143 Executive Orders — the most any 21st-century president has issued in their first 100 days.
Of those orders, nearly 40% focused on government reform, accountability and deregulation, while about 20% pertained to foreign policy and national security.
To date, the administration has faced more than 120 lawsuits challenging the legality and implementation of these Executive Orders.
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