In a bitter dispute with his border wall Donald Trump takes a draconian measure: the proclamation of national emergency. The White house announced on Thursday that Trump wants to use this from him for a long time already threatened Instrument now actually. By a state of emergency to obtaining the US President, bypassing the Congress, which is in the billions, which denied him the Parliament for its mammoth project measures.

At the same time, it should allow him to this extreme solution, without too great a loss of face in the Congress negotiated the budget law, which contains, in his view, much too low a billion total for the construction of the wall. This new law is intended to prevent a new financial barrier for the Federal authorities. Such a Shutdown had been placed about the turn of the year, the Federal authorities sometimes lame, Trumps the popularity of the values fell in this time.

How big is the emergency powers of the US President? is Very large. The framework for the President by a state of emergency Declaration made of his authority clearly extended, in front of, a law of 1976, the “National Emergencies Act”. It imposes on the President of the absence of conditions for the emergency Declaration. He must justify the step, only concrete.

call the President a state of emergency, he can have recourse to concrete measures of individual legal regulations for a variety of emergency situations. There are hundreds of such schemes.

The proclamation of a state of emergency is by no means a rarity. Since the 1976 act, this was almost 60 Times. George W. Bush, some said after the attacks of September 11. September 2001 to apply the state of emergency, in order to give the armed forces more money and wiretaps, as well as brutal interrogation methods. Barack Obama fought against plague by means of emergency regulations, the pig.

What are the emergency regulations can enable Trump? He would probably resort to the law passages for the use of funds from the defence budget in emergency situations. One of the laws allows the President, in case of emergencies, funds from the defence budget for “military construction projects” to divert. For the Work on the wall, Trump wants to use then perhaps the engineer corps of the U.S. army.

Trump described the situation at the border as a “security crisis” and could be argued that the wall was a military fortification against this threat. However, it is highly controversial whether illegal immigration, human trafficking and drug smuggling across the US-Mexican border actually represent a security crisis. Also, the classification of the Berlin wall as a “military” project would not encounter a sharp contradiction.

How to Trump opponents will react? The 1976 act gives the Congress the right, the state of emergency Declaration without delay to challenge. To end the state of emergency, however, a decision by both chambers of Parliament.

The opposition Democrats have since the beginning of the year, although the majority in the house of representatives, Trumps the Republicans have the Senate. That Congress would repeal the state of emergency, so it is rather unlikely – even if there are also concerns on the side of the Republicans against the state of emergency Declaration.

Also could you insert Trump his Veto. A presidential Veto can only be repealed by two-thirds majorities in both chambers.

more Realistically, the prospects of Trump legally slowing down. The Democrats and other Trump-opponent, therefore, is expected to undergo rapid before the court. The court dispute could drag on for a long time and it is well possible that the President will be detained until a final decision by injunctions, the emergency regulations apply.

Trump will be able to demonstrate in the political and legal dispute over his state of emergency Declaration, but his supporters at least, that he fights hard for his wall project. (chk/AFP)

Created: 15.02.2019, 02:54 PM