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The New York Times - Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall
Feb. 15, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that Congress refused to give him, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a fundamental confrontation over separation of powers. ...
The New York Times - A Trump-Made Emergency
The president decides that fulfilling a campaign promise is more important than respecting the separation of powers.
By The Editorial Board
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With his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, President Trump takes executive overreach to dizzying new heights.
The damage to American democracy threatens to linger long after his administration is no more than a dank memory.
Cornered into accepting a budget deal that lacked the $5.7 billion in border-wall funding he demanded, the president could not handle being labeled a loser by conservative commentators like Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
His solution: Sign the bill while simultaneously declaring a national emergency that, at least in his mind, would allow him to shift funds and order the military to start building his wall.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, announced the move on Thursday afternoon.
“President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action - including a national emergency - to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border,” she said.
To repeat: The influx of migrant families at the southern border does not constitute a national security crisis, much less a bona fide emergency.
There is, at this point, a worsening humanitarian crisis, actively fueled by the draconian policies of the administration. But the suffering on display requires thoughtful policy adjustments, not a steel monstrosity.
Not that this is the end of this battle. Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration is destined to wind up in the courts, where it could get bogged down indefinitely.
This fit of presidential pique is about more than a wall. It constitutes a reordering of the power dynamic between the branches of government. Mr. Trump aims to usurp one of Congress’s most basic responsibilities, the power of the purse.
Confronted with this power grab, every lawmaker should be bellowing in alarm. ...
EDIT: Trivia: Trump is the first POTUS in 100 years not to own a dog.
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The Washington Post - ‘I didn’t need to do this’: Trump just kneecapped his own case for a ‘national emergency’
February 15 at 12:44 PM
The idea that the situation at the border is truly a “national emergency” already strained credulity.
And at Friday’s news conference, President Trump might have just erased any doubt about his true motivation.
In the Rose Garden, Trump issued the national emergency declaration he has been threatening for more than a month.
In the process, he basically admitted he doesn’t even really see the situation at the border as an emergency.
The key quote came when the Q&A portion started.
Trump was challenged by NBC’s Peter Alexander on why he couldn’t bend Congress to his will - as he previously said a president should be able to do - rather than take unilateral action.
“I didn’t need to do this,” Trump said. “But I’d rather do it much faster.”
Trump then blamed 2020 politics for Democrats not supporting wall and repeated: "I just want to do it faster.” ...
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