"The pen-and-phone theory of executive lawmaking is unconstitutional slop," said Sasse. "President Obama did not have the power to unilaterally rewrite immigration law with DACA, and President Trump does not have the power to unilaterally rewrite the payroll tax law." It's absolutely not true that Sasse "needed" Trump's support to win. (Sasse is heavily favored to win a second term this fall in strongly Republican Nebraska.) What Sasse is trying to do is carve out a space for a constitutional conservative in the post-Trump GOP.

Source: CNN August 10, 2020 22:30 UTC