Trump's declaration of urgency for the southern border is unconstitutional

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., Said Sunday that President Trump's statement of a national emergency on the southern border was outside the constitutional boundaries of the president.

The MP told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The State of the Union" that a national emergency declaration violated the basic constitutional principles of the separation of powers and warned his Republican compatriots against the creation of this legal precedent.

"We have a separation of powers under the Constitution.The legislature, the Congress, manages the legislative powers.And this is something we have known for years," Amash told Tapper. "There were discussions on the border wall or the fences, we passed appropriation bills, the president signed the bills, and he did not veto the bills. If he meant that there was a crisis, he could have vetoed the law. He never vetoed credits. "

"I think the president is violating our constitutional system, and I do not think Congress can give legislative powers to the president by law." You can not just pass a law stating that the president now has power. of appropriation and bypasses the Congress, "he said. added.

House Democrats passed a resolution last week to prevent Trump from using executive power to declare a national emergency with the help of 13 Republicans. The Michigan legislator was the only Republican to co-sponsor the bill. Trump would usually veto the bill should he arrive at his office and the ability of bills to obtain veto-proof status is at best debatable.