ABC News Online: Donald Trump might declare a national emergency over the US-Mexico border. Here's what could happen next
President Donald Trump will deliver a televised address to the US at 1:00pm AEDT addressing border security. So what can we expect?
US Vice-President Mike Pence says the White House is looking into the legality of declaring a national emergency during that speech to get funding to build a US-Mexico border wall.
But it's not as simple a just as calling a national emergency today, and starting construction on the wall tomorrow.
Mark Tushnet, a constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School described declaring a national emergency as "a very aggressive use of presidential authority".
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 9, 2019
There is No Military Victory in Afghanistan -- Gil Barndollar, National Interest
Kurds see their dreams go up in smoke in Syria -- Anchal Vohra, DW
Why Saudi Arabia Is Embracing a New Nationalism -- Stratfor
Syria Policy: The Hawks’ Talons Sink Deeper into Trump -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest
What next for Syria's last major rebel bastion? -- AFP
Kim in China: Prelude to next Kim-Trump summit? -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
How Vietnam lost and China won Cambodia -- David Hutt, Asia Times
When the China Dream and the European Dream Collide -- Theresa Fallon, War On The Rocks
Japan First -- Ian Buruma, Project Syndicate
On The Road To Europe: Morocco Cracks Down On Migrants -- Charlotte Bozonnet, Le Monde
Why the New Cold War Is Permanent -- Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy
Does The Bulwark Mean the Neocons Are Staging A Comeback? -- Hunter DeRensis, National Interest
Mattis, Kelly marched to the establishment beat. Trump was right to fire them -- Steve Hilton, Fox News
Trump Bites the Beltway Back -- W. James Antle III, American Conservative
China, Huawei, and the Coming Technological Cold War -- Adam Segal, Defense One/Council on Foreign Relations
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