Week 122 - Trump's National Emergency - a podcast by Amy Siskind

Trump issued his first veto after the House and Senate voted to block  his emergency declaration. The veto followed Trump’s declaration of a  national emergency after Congress refused to fund his wall, which was  unprecedented. Taken together, Trump irreverently thumbed his nose at  the separations of power.

Trump also continued his record pace of appointments to the judicial  branch, this week with the aid of newly installed ally Sen. Lindsey  Graham as Judiciary Committee Chair. Graham discarded a century old norm  of allowing in-state senators to submit a “blue slip” to oppose  nominations, allowing Trump to appoint two judges to the 9th Circuit  Court.

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