BORDER/LAWSUIT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he’s moving forward anyway…Trump’s frustration draws from the number of times courts have already blocked White House policies, such as the travel ban and ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The President isn’t wrong to anticipate yet another slew of legal challenges: House Democrats, for one, have been discussing legal options, according to a Democratic aide. Some groups, like the American Civil Liberties Union, have already announced lawsuits. How and where these legal challenges proceed is unclear, but it’s likely they’ll bubble up to the Supreme Court — potentially testing for the first time the 1976 law that formalized the structure by which a president can declare a national emergency.”
–Priscilla Alvarez, “Will the Supreme Court stop Trump’s national emergency?,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, February 15, 2019 5:59 pm