Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States
To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.

To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.
Trump’s potential use of extraordinary authorities may be the first signal of how he intends to govern the second time around.
Americans must be alert to abuse of the president’s powers, both emergency and nonemergency, in ways that violate civil liberties without safeguarding the public’s health.
By waiting for Congress to act, the president is undermining the legal basis for any declaration.
Few Americans realize the extent to which the president gains power when he declares a national emergency.
From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things.