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The Threat of National Emergency

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Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What would a national emergency look like, and why hasn't Trump declared one yet? Dahlia Lithwick has answers. Plus: Was it weird that Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn't at work this week?

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Podcast production by Mary Wilson and Jayson De Leon. 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm just, oh, are you called?

0:06.6

Get out of here.

0:07.8

President Trump seemed to be losing patience with the press conference, about one week

0:11.6

ago today.

0:12.8

No, I'm just saying, should we keep this going a little bit?

0:14.9

Please.

0:15.2

Yes, indeed.

0:16.2

Go ahead.

0:16.5

Let me know when you get tired.

0:18.2

And that's when he revealed this one less trick he has up his sleeve

0:21.6

when it comes to the border wall he wants to build. Have you considered using emergency powers

0:27.1

to grant yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval? And second on Mexico,

0:34.3

you have. Yes, I have. And I can do it if I want. Even the reporter who asked this question seemed a little surprised by the answer.

0:40.5

So is that a threat hanging over the Democrats?

0:43.3

I never threaten anybody.

0:45.8

But I am allowed to do that, yes.

0:50.0

Each day since there has been this debate.

0:53.1

Can President Trump actually do this?

0:56.2

It's a debate that sometimes the president seems to be having with himself.

1:00.6

First, he said he may declare an emergency.

1:03.0

I may declare a national emergency.

1:05.7

A few days later, I have the absolute right to declare a national emergency.

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