President Trump remains out of line in threatening to use “emergency” powers to build a border wall absent legislation providing funds to do so.

In the course of fairly abject surrender to the Democrats with regard to the terms of “re-opening” the full government, President Trump used this “emergency powers” threat as a false veneer of continued toughness. His threat, if carried out, would violate our nation’s first principles.

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