Within hours of Trump’s statement, the American Civil Liberties Union announced it would file suit challenging his emergency powers declaration. “By the president’s very own admission in the Rose Garden, there is no national emergency. Trump defended his use of an emergency declaration, saying other presidents had done the same. Republicans had opposed Trump declaring a national emergency, repeatedly warning that it would set a bad precedent and divide the party when Democrats put it up for a vote. “I don’t believe a national emergency declaration is the solution,” Sen Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said in a statement.

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 05:37 UTC