**On the roster: Yes, Trump can declare an emergency - New border wall fight is Trump vs. Texas landowners - Harris eyes MLK day for kickoff - Steve King draws primary challenger amid uproar - Clean up in the produce departmentYES, TRUMP CAN DECLARE AN EMERGENCYCongress did not get to be so terrible overnight. It may be dismaying for Democrats to hear just now, but President Trump most assuredly has the authority to declare a national emergency concerning matters of immigration. The first president to issue an emergency proclamation was, not surprisingly, Woodrow Wilson, no fan of Congress or the Constitution. … President Trump has no power to build a wall or a fence or a doghouse on private property without an express or implied congressional authorization to do so. Graham brought together a half dozen Republican senators Wednesday afternoon in a last-ditch attempt to resolve the three-week stalemate before President Donald Trump deploys an explosive emergency declaration to build his border wall.

Source: Fox News January 10, 2019 21:05 UTC