Why would Trump sign a bill? The obvious answer is if not signing left him in a more weak position. How could this occur?
Lets for the sake of argument assume that the Senate had enough vote to override veto. If so, by not signing the bill, Trump would send a clear signal that he intended on using the insurrection act, His veto would have been overridden, and he would have exposed his hand for no gain.
Let me ask you this? When the legislative branch changes the law, which is in this case dealing with the presidents ability to call in action the insurrection act, when does that change take effect. For some reason I think it is not immediate, but takes affect at the beginning of the next legislative session, which begins on January 3rd 2021.
Therefore, Trump may at his digression use the Insurrection Act under the old law before Jan 3rd 2021. He loses nothing, and give away nothing.
The logic:
Why would Trump sign a bill? The obvious answer is if not signing left him in a more weak position. How could this occur?
Lets for the sake of argument assume that the Senate had enough vote to override veto. If so, by not signing the bill, Trump would send a clear signal that he intended on using the insurrection act, His veto would have been overridden, and he would have exposed his hand for no gain.
Let me ask you this? When the legislative branch changes the law, which is in this case dealing with the presidents ability to call in action the insurrection act, when does that change take effect. For some reason I think it is not immediate, but takes affect at the beginning of the next legislative session, which begins on January 3rd 2021.
Therefore, Trump may at his digression use the Insurrection Act under the old law before Jan 3rd 2021. He loses nothing, and give away nothing.