1. What are the two potential outcomes regarding the border wall that Trump implied in his speech?
The government will shut down again. Trump also implied that he would declare a national emergency if he does not get his wall
2. What would Democrats argue if Trump declared a national emergency to slow illegal immigration?
They say that Trump can’t declare a national emergency to get the border wall funded because it is not an emergency
3. How did Bush and Obama use the emergency powers of the president?
Bush used the emergency powers after 9/11
Obama during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.
4. What restrictions does the National Emergencies Act of 1976 put on the president?
The president can only use specific powers that Congress has codified by law and the president has to say which powers he’s using.
5. If Trump does declare a national emergency, what obstacles may he face?
He would have to find laws and statutes that he could actually use to get money for border wall funding
Congress may say no too
6. How could the president use the military to accomplish this policy goal?
Trump could have the defense secretary direct the army’s civil works program to construct a "defense structure" and use the military budget to do it. He would have to declare a national emergency. The secretary can direct other military services for construction projects as well.
7. What did the Supreme Court rule in Youngstown Sheet & Tube V Sawyer?
The Supreme Court ruled that Truman’s attempt to nationalize US steel mills during a strike in the Korean War was unconstitutional.
8. How can Congress stop the president if he does declare an emergency?
Congress would have to override him with a two-thirds majority in each chamber because it would be difficult to pass a joint resolution to override it because they would needs Trump's signature....
The government will shut down again. Trump also implied that he would declare a national emergency if he does not get his wall
2. What would Democrats argue if Trump declared a national emergency to slow illegal immigration?
They say that Trump can’t declare a national emergency to get the border wall funded because it is not an emergency
3. How did Bush and Obama use the emergency powers of the president?
Bush used the emergency powers after 9/11
Obama during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.
4. What restrictions does the National Emergencies Act of 1976 put on the president?
The president can only use specific powers that Congress has codified by law and the president has to say which powers he’s using.
5. If Trump does declare a national emergency, what obstacles may he face?
He would have to find laws and statutes that he could actually use to get money for border wall funding
Congress may say no too
6. How could the president use the military to accomplish this policy goal?
Trump could have the defense secretary direct the army’s civil works program to construct a "defense structure" and use the military budget to do it. He would have to declare a national emergency. The secretary can direct other military services for construction projects as well.
7. What did the Supreme Court rule in Youngstown Sheet & Tube V Sawyer?
The Supreme Court ruled that Truman’s attempt to nationalize US steel mills during a strike in the Korean War was unconstitutional.
8. How can Congress stop the president if he does declare an emergency?
Congress would have to override him with a two-thirds majority in each chamber because it would be difficult to pass a joint resolution to override it because they would needs Trump's signature....
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