Summary: <p>On Friday, to avert another government shutdown, President Trump signed a bipartisan spending package that he argues did not include <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shutdown-vote-border-bill-trump-n971576">enough funding</a> for a border wall.</p> <p>To secure that funding, he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/national-emergency-trump.html">declared a national emergency</a>.</p> <p>In advance of Trump’s official announcement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/feb/15/trump-national-emergency-news-live-latest-updates-border-wall-mexico-us-politics-today">spoke out against</a> the idea of an emergency declaration.</p> <p>Is declaring a national emergency in this situation allowed? Unprecedented?</p> <p>To get a better understanding of this use of executive power Amy Walter spoke to Dr. <a href="https://twitter.com/BarbaraPerryUVA">Barbara Perry</a>, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.</p>
