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Thank you. I didn't know this and looked it up on wikipedia, which lists them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_in_the_United_Sta

by belorn 8y ago

Thank you. I didn't know this and looked it up on wikipedia, which lists them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_i... Apparently trump has already issued three such State of Emergencies. Is this just sloppy journalism that describe this as a unique event, or is this new one different in some legal sense?

dragonwriter 8y ago
It is, I believe, unprecedented to use a state of emergency to achieve a policy end which Congress has been asked to support and declined to do so. It may likewise be unprecedented to use a state of emergency to address a long-ongoing condition for which there is no relevant emergent change triggering the declaration. So, yes, a declaration here would be new and different.