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Can Congress or the courts reverse Trump's national emergency?

  • Written by Chris Edelson, Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
Can Congress or the courts reverse Trump's national emergency?Trump declared a national emergency in order to build a wall.AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to pay for the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, after Congress, in its new spending bill, denied him the full money to build it.

“We’re talking about an invasion of our country with...

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