National Emergency or Executive Overreach?
Politics with Amy Walter
English - February 17, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 579 ratingsNews news politics unbiased reporting wnyc studios amy walter takeaway Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On Friday, to avert another government shutdown, President Trump signed a bipartisan spending package that he argues did not include enough funding for a border wall.
To secure that funding, he declared a national emergency.
In advance of Trump’s official announcement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke out against the idea of an emergency declaration.
Is declaring a national emergency in this situation allowed? Unprecedented?
To get a better understanding of this use of executive power Amy Walter spoke to Dr. Barbara Perry, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.