President Trump’s national emergency declaration an executive overreach

President Trump’s rush to declare a national emergency in order to fast-track border wall funding is inconsistent with the system of checks and balances our republic is predicated on. The American people should always reject executive overreach, regardless of who is president, or what the motives are.
In recent months, Trump has repeatedly threatened to declare a national emergency on the southern border if he is unable to secure, through the legislative process, border security funding to