Commentary: Courts won't stop Trump
by John Yoo, Los Angeles Times
Jan 15, 2019
3 minutes
President Donald Trump's threat to declare a national emergency and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border may not be sound policy, but the president's critics are wrong when they say he cannot constitutionally do it. If Trump makes good on his plan, he would almost certainly win in court.
Speaking for Trump's Democratic opponents, Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California has called Trump's idea "a nonstarter" and said point-blank that "this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a
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