Government Shutdown

[Labster]

It seems Trump is intent to give his SOTU even if he has to force his way into Congress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/po...etter.html

I will say this for Trump. He is now forcing us to figure out all the obscure clauses in the Constitution like the State of the Union Clause or the Emoluments Clause.

I can hardly wait until Trump decides to issue patents of nobility.

You mean like Barron Trump?  There's actually a whole series of novels about the concept written like 100 years ago.

Which is a good argument for changing the constitution wholesale every so often, IMHO.

Hey, I've just gotta say, America is not like a slightly different form of Canada that doesn't eat poutine.  We're a deeply different nation with our own religions and values.  Just like in the UK where a calf must be sacrificed in order to enact laws in Parliament, here in the United States the Constitution is written on a material so holy that for decades it was illegal to even possess that kind of paper.  So don't take our culture lightly.