# Trump's Shutdown

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [January 11, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577 "2019-01-11T06:18:02Z")
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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: [January 31, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577/552 "2019-01-31T20:02:58Z")

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AIUI, what **garygnu** wrote is correct.

This may be a good time for [these articles on Lawfare](https://www.lawfareblog.com/tagged/national-emergency-act):

[Declaring an Emergency to Build a Border Wall: The Statutory Arguments](https://www.lawfareblog.com/declaring-emergency-build-border-wall-statutory-arguments)

and

[Can President Trump Fund the Wall by Declaring a National Emergency?](https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-president-trump-fund-wall-declaring-national-emergency)

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