Trump’s Emergency

Last Friday, the Commander in Chief boldly proclaimed, “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution... hereby declare that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States.”

Predictably, a frenzy ensued.
Over a dozen states led by California are clamoring to take Trump to court to stop him in his presidential tracks.
New York firebrand Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez posted a defiant video on her Instagram account wailing that the wall is “an immoral abomination” and “a monument to white supremacy.”  She also complained that the nation’s capital is full of spies. “It’s like so weird.  It’s like everybody is, like, a spy.”
In a televised address from the Rose Garden, Trump assured the public that, “We’re going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border, and we& ...