# National emergencies, the wall, and Trump. How will this likely go down?

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**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-emergencies-the-wall-and-trump-how-will-this-likely-go-down/828813 "2019-02-01T22:44:50Z")
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### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-emergencies-the-wall-and-trump-how-will-this-likely-go-down/828813/4 "2019-02-02T01:38:01Z")

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I just posted this the other day in the Trump’s Shutdown thread in the Pit:

> [@Trump's Shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577/552):
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> This may be a good time for [these articles on Lawfare](https://www.lawfareblog.com/tagged/national-emergency-act):
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> [Declaring an Emergency to Build a Border Wall: The Statutory Arguments](https://www.lawfareblog.com/declaring-emergency-build-border-wall-statutory-arguments)
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> and
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> [Can President Trump Fund the Wall by Declaring a National Emergency?](https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-president-trump-fund-wall-declaring-national-emergency)

AFAIK there is no judicial review of a declaration of a national emergency. What can be challenged is the legality of the steps taken to counter the emergency.

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