Congress must retain its constitutional authority to regulate commerce and taxation, preventing the executive branch from unilaterally exercising these powers via emergency declarations.

“The reason that I had said originally that these tariffs were unconstitutional is because article one powers of the purse belong to Congress. They do. That includes obviously the power to tariff.”

The current administration's actions constitute a constitutional crisis by effectively usurping powers belonging to the legislative branch and ignoring established legal checks.

“we are in the middle of a constitutional crisis and it's not an immediate as in you got to do something right this very moment but it's very very serious”

Congress has abdicated its responsibilities and constitutional authority to the executive branch, contributing to the current government imbalance.

“And as I say, a lot of what's going on here is not necessarily usurppation of power by the president, although that's happening now, as it is abdication by the Congress.”

Congress maintains the power of the purse and cannot relinquish this authority to the President under the Constitution.

“We all learn in elementary school that Congress has the power of the purse Congress decides how almost all money in America is spent not the president”