(02-15-2019, 02:02 PM)Kane Wrote:

(02-15-2019, 01:51 PM)mikesez Wrote: I think you're equivocating the terms "emergency" and "national emergency." Not the same thing.

So you're saying what....? That "national emergency" doesn't have to be an actual emergency?
Isn't that the kind of idiotic political rhetoric nonsense we need to get rid of?

Definition of national emergency
: a state of emergency resulting from a danger or threat of danger to a nation from foreign or domestic sources and usually declared to be in existence by governmental authority

Definition of emergency
1: an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action
2: an urgent need for assistance or relief

I think you're arguing semantics and still dodging my point. This was not what Truman had in mind when he invented the "national emergency" declaration.
And every one in my lifetime has used more national emergencies than the guy before him it seems and I think it should be limited to actual emergencies for our nation.
(where a surplus of illegal aliens crossing our border would be more of a threat of danger than pirates in Somalia)

A national emergency is a type of emergency.
Something has to meet the definition of emergency firstf before we consider if it's a national emergency.

Statutes give the President powers to take emergency action in many situations, including situations like Somali piracy that don't rise to the level of national emergency.

However, none of these statutes grant the President power to declare an emergency where there isn't an emergency.  Nothing going on at the border was unforeseen.  It doesn't call for immediate action, and building a wall isn't immediate action anyways.  It takes months.

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