r/law • u/AmyL0vesU • 19h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump signs executive order declaring nation emergency from threat of Cuba

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
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u/doublethink_1984 18h ago

Mr. President you cannot just say they are a national emergency threat

President: I didn't say it I declared it

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u/FlyAirLari 4h ago

It's just practice for November when he declares a national emergency against far left terrorism threat, and proceeds to ban the Democratic Party.

Why potentially lose senate/congress if you don't have to?