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President Trump, dissatisfied with the funding  (about $1 billion) Congress is providing him for barriers at the southern border, will sign the bill to fund the government after Friday and declare a national emergency to free up more funds to build his wall. The president’s decision to declare a national emergency is already facing much criticism from some Republicans, and potential lawsuits. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t rule out a legal challenge on Thursday. Mr. Trump will address the situation at the border from the White House Rose Garden Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The president’s address can be watched in the live player below, and CBS News will also air a special report at 10 a.m. , in the video streamlived 2 hours ago, “Trump declares ‘national emergency’ to fund border wall, full announcement“, below:

President Trump declared a national emergency to build a border wall on Feb. 15, 2019, in video “Trump’s national emergency declaration, in 3 minutes“, below:

Given the poll result of Quinnipiac University between Jan 25-28, 2019, regarding Trump’s using emergency executive powers to fund the border wall:

• 31% Approve
• 66% Disapprove

and the fact that border crossings had decreased dramatically since 2000, the idea of building this wall does seem a waste of American tax payers’ dollars. Furthermore, taking  the power of the purse away from Congress, spending money without Congressional approval, is unconstitutional. Therefore, such an act will most likely be met with legal challenges, meaning the money will be held up. Republican Senator Marco Rubio commented, “We have a crisis at our Southern border, but no crisis justifies violating the constitution.”

CNN’s David Gergen says that President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration is different than ones made by presidents in the past because there is no emergency.

 

President Donald Trump gets contentious with CNN’s Jim Acosta and another reporter during a press conference in which he declared a national emergency, in the video “Trump neglects to answer Jim Acosta’s immigration question“, below:

 

 

Finally, is this a prelude to dissolving the Congress?  Let’s take a look at what some experts and political analysts had to say, in the video “President Donald Trump To Declare A National Emergency Over The Wall, The Last Word, MSNBC“, below:

For over two decades, the Congressional powers had been diminishing, partly due to some Congressional members’ overly concern for being re-elected. But this time, the power grab on the part of the POTUS (President of the United States) is simply tremendous! Is this the prelude to dissolving Congress? Is this the erosion of our democracy?

Below, is California’s response to President Trump’s national emergency, in the video “CALIFORNIA’s RESPONSE: Gov. Newsom Says State Likely To Sue President Trump (FNN)“, below:

Let’s take a look at Stephen Colbert’s analysis of the situation, in the video “The National Emergency We ‘Didn’t Need’“, below:

 

The number of organizations  to sue President Trump’s national emergency is increasing.
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• The Unconstrained Presidency: Checks and Balances Eroded Long Before Trump
• How to Strengthen Congress
• Under Attack: Congressional Power in the Twenty-first Century
• Congress’s Diminishing Power of the Purse
• We No Longer Have Three Branches of Government
• Separation of powers under the United States Constitution
  Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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