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From border security to climate change, national emergency declarations raise hard questions about presidential power

  • Written by Daniel Farber, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Global Climate Strike NYC in New York, Sept. 20, 2019.Rainmaker Photo/MediaPunch /IPX via AP Photo

As wildfires, storms and other climate-driven disasters grow larger and more damaging, climate change is a major concern for many Democratic voters, who are in the midst of a primary fight that has come down to two major candidates: Bernie Sanders and...

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