CNN's Resident Trump Defender Doesn't Know How the Constitution Works
Source: The New Republic
CNN’s Resident Trump Defender Doesn’t Know How the Constitution Works
Edith Olmsted
Fri, May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM EDT 2 min read
Republican strategist Scott Jennings had to be reminded how the U.S. Constitution works, during an explosive CNN roundtable debate Thursday night.
Jennings, a senior political commentator at the network, argued that a federal judge had overstepped their authority Thursday by striking down Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals the government claims are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez ruled that TdA’s presence did not constitute an “invasion,” as the president had previously claimed. The first-term Trump appointee wrote that the administration had inappropriately invoked the law, which applies only when the nation is facing an armed, organized attack by an invading country.
CNN host Abby Phillip was forced to step in to give Jennings a humiliating civics lesson.
“Can I just ask a simple question, who gets to decide whether the United States is at war?” Phillip asked.
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