HAPPENING NOW: Angel moms exit West Wing, holding pictures of their lost loved ones. Sitting front row for @POTUS press Conference in Rose Garden. @OANN pic.twitter.com/oo3UK8KnNI
— Emerald Robinson (@EmeraldRobinson) February 15, 2019
Other presents have declared multiple “national emergencies.” The only question as to the constitution is whether it’s used within the proper allocation, i.e. defense can be used for defense. He already has the legal authority based on 2006 and 2013.
Via Fox News:
President Trump said Friday he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, tapping into executive powers in a bid to divert billions toward construction of a wall even as he plans to sign a funding package that includes just $1.4 billion for border security.
“We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border … one way or the other, we have to do it,” Trump said in the Rose Garden.
The move is expected to face a swift and forceful legal challenge that could stall the attempt in the courts for the near future. But the declaration and other money-moving plans allow Trump to continue to fight for border wall construction while also averting another partial government shutdown — which would have been triggered at midnight absent the new funding package.
Trump, in the Rose Garden, declared once again that “walls work” as he confirmed he’ll sign the emergency declaration.