National Emergency

Environmental law experts say the presidential powers unlocked by declaring a national emergency are the wrong tools for solving the climate crisis.

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Protesters took to the streets at more than 140 events across the United States on Monday to oppose President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the country's southern border.

Challengers to Trump's national-emergency declaration can use his own words against him.

Within hours of Trump declaring a national emergency on the border, the ACLU announced it would sue the president to prevent him from using military funds to pay for border wall construction.

Recent polling reveals that most Americans oppose the expansion of the border wall, and two-thirds oppose Trump using emergency powers to fund its construction.

We've highlighted Pacific Standard's best stories on the national emergency over a border wall.

A legal expert on emergency powers weighs in.

While the president has far-reaching powers in a state of emergency, experts say Trump could face legal challenges over specific provisions.

In his primetime address, Trump will try to frame the border as a national emergency and a humanitarian crisis. But the current pressure—and exigence for the address—comes from the ongoing government shutdown.

Trump's threat to use a national emergency for the border wall taps into a history of far-reaching executive power.

The last time officials declared a nationwide public health emergency in the United States was in 2009, for the H1N1 flu outbreak.