Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
Apparently not in your mind. The authority of the President to use the military to build the wall comes from Title X Statute, which is the Rule of Law applicable to this situation. Under that law there are two different ways a President can use military to build a wall/barriers, 1. is national emergency, which is brief, short-term, temporary, 60 days 2. is counter illegal drug operations, which does not require a "national emergency", can be long-term and continuous to prevent illegal drugs from entering the United States, which at the same time blocks human smuggling corridors at the same time.

Focusing on 1. instead of 2. is as big a mistake as the government shutdown and rescinding DACA 2012 instead of letting it expire in June 2017 with the other two. Mistakes have consequences which is why in a rational world, one tries to avoid them. It's why we're a Republic instead of a Democracy. It's why we have an Electoral College. It's why we have a Filibuster Rule. It's why US Senators have 6 year terms instead of 2 year terms like the House.

Remember the words of Franklin when he walked out of the Constitutional Convention and was asked by the doctor, do we have a Republic or a Monarchy, and Franklin said "a Republic if you can keep it."

All of that to avoid the discussion,,,,

You said this
Trump tweeted on the 19th of December that he would use the military to build the wall.

There was never any reason for the government shutdown.

You post statements like that when you are trying to convince people the wall will be built, that Trump is getting the job done.

Then when someone reminds you that it isn't being built, you come back with

Trump didn't say it. It was the Pentagon who said it a month or so ago. They said that under Title X law, they could build the walls/barriers to deal with a national emergency or to counter illegal drug operations.