President Trump and the National Emergency

President Trump has declared a national emergency. He has dispatched a growing number of troops to the border and plans to divert money, appropriated by Congress for other purposes, to fund the building of a wall. The lawfulness of these actions depends upon whether the nation's security is being threatened or whether the president is usurping constitutional powers to implement his immigration policies and fulfill a campaign promise.

Clearly, this is a national emergency. The country is being invaded by hordes of brown-skinned people pouring across our southern border and clambering over the few paltry barriers currently in place. Can't you hear the bugles blowing and see the war flags flying as the charge, led by mothers carrying small children, breeches our border and begins to engulf our nation. Of coarse this is war and we can expect the majority of our Supreme Court justices to agree.