Justin Amash: Trump’s emergency declaration for southern border is unconstitutional

Published March 3, 2019 3:33pm ET



Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., argued Sunday that President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border falls outside of the president’s constitutional limits.

The congressman told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that a national emergency declaration violates core constitutional principles of separation of powers and warned his fellow Republicans against setting this legal precedent.

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