If Trump Declares An Emergency To Build The Wall, Congress Can Block Him
President Trump has threatened to declare an emergency to go around Congress and build a border wall. The same law that gives him that power, also gives Congress the ability to push back.
Under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, the president can declare an emergency for just about anything. As President Trump has considered using that authority to circumvent congress and build a wall along the southern border, that near-unlimited presidential power has gotten a lot of attention. But it isn't the whole story.
Congress also gave itself the ability terminate an. But in the more than 40 years since the law was passed, only one member of congress has ever tried it.
