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onenote

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6. Not really. A declaration of a national emergency has to cite a specific statutory authority

Reply to shanti (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 03:06 PM

Feb 2019

previously enacted by Congress that defines what the President can do in case of a national emergency. For example, Trump is citing to a provision in the Defense appropriations legislation that gives him authority to redirect DoD funding to military construction projects.