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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...ional-emergency-can-trump-declare-one-n954966
Legal experts said it wouldn't be as simple as Trump seemed to suggest on Friday — but maybe not totally out of the realm of possibility.
Two weeks into a partial government shutdown triggered by an impasse over the money President Donald Trump demanded for his promised border wall, Trump said he could declare a state of emergency and build his wall without congressional approval.
"I can do it if I want," he told reporters at the White House on Friday. "We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country. We can do it. I haven't done it, I may do it."
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Any action of this type would probably lead to legal challenges. For example, SCOTUS stopped Truman from nationalizing the steel industry during the Korean War. But would the current conservative court have the balls to block Trump? And Congress has to earmark the required funds, which will be impossible with a Dem-controlled House.
Legal experts said it wouldn't be as simple as Trump seemed to suggest on Friday — but maybe not totally out of the realm of possibility.
Two weeks into a partial government shutdown triggered by an impasse over the money President Donald Trump demanded for his promised border wall, Trump said he could declare a state of emergency and build his wall without congressional approval.
"I can do it if I want," he told reporters at the White House on Friday. "We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country. We can do it. I haven't done it, I may do it."
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Any action of this type would probably lead to legal challenges. For example, SCOTUS stopped Truman from nationalizing the steel industry during the Korean War. But would the current conservative court have the balls to block Trump? And Congress has to earmark the required funds, which will be impossible with a Dem-controlled House.