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The 911 presidency: Trump flexes emergency powers in his second term
- In 2019, President Trump invoked emergency powers to obtain funding for the border wall and frequently employed these authorities to implement tariffs and other significant policies.
- The National Emergencies Act, passed to limit presidential emergency powers, lacks a definition of national emergency and substantive criteria to constrain the president's discretion.
- After Trump's 2019 declaration, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Mike Lee proposed requiring emergency declarations to expire after 30 days unless Congress approves continuation.
- In votes last September, the Senate supported the legislation 13-1 and the House voted unanimously, reflecting strong bipartisan support for reforming emergency powers.
- This popular reform aims to rein in presidential flexibility during non-emergency times, but passing legislation is difficult due to the need for a veto-proof congressional supermajority.
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There is no ‘national energy emergency.' Trump just wants you to think there is
Trump arrived back in office primed to deliver on his mutually beneficial relationship with the fossil fuel industry, writes Frederick Hewett. After contriving a national energy crisis, he is using emergency provisions to circumvent regulations and subvert checks on executive power.
Donald Trump “Wants to Demonstrate Absolute Power”: Maggie Haberman on Covering a Tumultuous Second Term
The New York Times’ stalwart Trump chronicler, who’s out this week with a new afterword to Confidence Man, sees the media learning lessons from the first go-round. “I think that people have managed to figure out and separate the signal from the noise,” she tells VF.
Trump is invoking emergency powers at a record rate. Here's what that means
Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.
Trump's Abuse of Power: Emergency Powers as a Political Tool - Real News Now
President Donald Trump has been known to resort to certain emergency powers in a manner unimaginable to previous administrations. From imposing strong tariffs, dispatching military personnel to the border, to shunning environmental norms, Trump has turned to regulations usually reserved for dire scenarios such as warfare and invasions. Taking an instance, National Guard troops were deployed in Los Angeles, following a Trump directive aiming to s…
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