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“Trump’s continued abuse of emergency powers to enrich his powerful special interest donors comes at the expense of the health and wallets of working Americans,” he added.

Leaving aside the merits of these policies, accomplishing them through emergency powers is an abuse of presidential authority. Emergency powers play a particular role in our constitutional system.