I don’t understand the need for a national emergency declaration.
First, the President has Constitutional authority to control the borders. He can stop pipelines and build walls with his plain vanilla authority.
He is also the CINC of the military. There are military lands and military construction all over the nation. There is MILCON construction. The President does not have to declare an emergency for there to be a building built on an Air Force base.
In any event, he needs funding, but why the need for a special declaration of emergency.
The problem with a National Emergency declaration is that a liberal judge somewhere will overturn it in 5 seconds..it goes to the Supreme Court, and it will be 5-4 against Trump because Justice Roberts is a sh*thead
The applicable law requires it: Section 2293 of Title 33 of the U.S. Code is the law that allows the secretary of defense to reallocate funds from military construction projects:
ln the event of a declaration of war or a declaration by the President of a national emergency in accordance with the National Emergencies Act [50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] that requires or may require use of the Armed Forces, the Secretary, without regard to any other provision of law, may (1) terminate or defer the construction, operation, maintenance, or repair of any Department of the Army civil works project that he deems not essential to the national defense, and (2) apply the resources of the Department of the Army’s civil works program, including funds, personnel, and equipment, to construct or assist in the construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of authorized civil works, military construction, and civil defense projects that are essential to the national defense.