Trump's emergency declaration is unconstitutional – ask his lawyers | Lloyd Green

When Obama wielded executive power, Jay Sekulow and Noel Francisco cried tyranny

A shutdown averted, a constitutional crisis born. On Friday, Donald Trump declared a national emergency to gain additional funds for his much promised border wall, bypassing Congress and raiding the Pentagon for $3.6bn, already a legally dubious proposition in the eyes of the justice department. So much for Mexico paying.

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