jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"…problem in our legal order: An emergency is in the eye of the beholder. Do these problems of debatable urgency demand an immediate response? The trade imbalance is generations old. Immigrants — even foreign gangs — are not an invading army. Protesters aren’t rebels. Crime has plunged nationwide, including in all of the cities Trump says need urgent protection…
Invoking emergencies lets the president have his way, now."