'Emergency' Does Not Create Constitutional Power

'Emergency' Does Not Create Constitutional Power

“Emergency does not create power.” That was the definitive constitutional pronouncement of the United States Supreme Court in 1934. The House of Representatives voted its agreement Tuesday, passing a formal disapproval of President Trump's emergency declaration. The Senate will vote on the unprecedented executive power grab in the coming weeks.

Into a long-standing constitutional debate over the limits of executive power and the separation of powers stumbles President Donald J. Trump.

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