Amicus

The Case Regarding the So-Called Emergency

Why the president’s emergency declaration is bringing conservative and liberal litigators together.

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Dahlia Lithwick is joined by conservative lawyer Stuart Gerson and finds common ground over the president’s declaration of a national emergency so he can build the wall. And Leah Litman helps us take a lawyerly look at Michael Cohen’s testimony before congress this week.

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