"To name a few, he has envisioned rooting out a migrant invasion that includes staunching legal immigrants, and, potentially, targeting US citizens; he has touted a hard reset of uneven trade deals that pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security; and, in the final months of the year, he has gone on the military offensive against narcoterrorists that he claims seek to topple the US through illicit drugs, possibly used as weapons of mass destruction."
"For legal observers, Trump's approach has been a yet-undecided stress test on presidential power, cranked by the gears of broadly interpreted emergency statutes and untrammelled executive authority. Decisions by the court, lawmakers and voters in the 2026 midterm elections could determine how that strategy resonates or is restrained. The use or abuse of emergency powers is only one corner of a larger picture, Frank Bowman, professor emeritus of law at the University of Missouri, told Al Jazeera."
The president invoked emergency authorities in 2025 to pursue sharp immigration restrictions, trade renegotiations framed as national security, and military action against narcoterrorists and illicit drugs. Immigration measures included plans to curb migrants, restrict legal immigration, and potentially target citizens. Trade moves were presented as responses to uneven deals posing security threats. Military actions targeted narcoterrorists and drug flows described as existential dangers. The strategy relied on broadly interpreted emergency statutes and expansive executive authority, raising constitutional questions. The US Constitution lacks a catch-all emergency authorization; the Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that presidents lack implied emergency powers, while Congress has enacted limited statutory emergency powers. Judicial rulings, legislation, and 2026 elections could constrain or affirm these practices.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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