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With a ‘national emergency,’ could Trump use the military to build the wall?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:07:17
Publish Date: 2019-01-07 17:45:44
Description: President Trump has threatened to use executive power to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and obtain funds for a border wall without approval from Congress. But would such a dramatic move be legal? William Brangham asks Elizabeth Goitein of NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice how a national emergency is defined and what powers become available after one is declared.
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