The United States is currently dealing with multiple emergencies at once, according to President Trump's administration. There's a national emergency at the southern border , an energy emergency and an economic emergency , to name a few — and the president has used these to enact some of his most wide-reaching policies, from pushing fossil fuel production to seeking to complete the border wall with Mexico and setting steep and sweeping tariffs.
While presidential use of emergency powers has been on the rise in recent administrations, Trump invoked them eight times in his first 100 days in office, more than any other modern president has done in the same period.
Challenges to Trump's emergency orders have yet to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts worry his use of them could