This could indeed be. I thought your remark that there had been so many national emergencies was interesting. This turns out to be true — color me surprised.

This could indeed be. I thought your remark that there had been so many national emergencies was interesting. This turns out to be true — color me surprised. Almost all of them seem to not involve spending money — they are prohibitions on money transfers. I assume this is where the emergency-for-wall would run into trouble, because it’s the Congress that appropriates money.