Original sentence: At 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time at the White House Rose Garden, President Trump announced that a state of emergency had been declared.If upheld, the declaration would vastly expand governmental power— particularly that of the Presidency and the executive branch.Legal scholars generally called the declaration illegal and an abuse of the National Emergencies Act, stating that the declaration threatened the separation of powers in the United States; many commentators stated it amounted to a constitutional crisis.On February 15, 2019, President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency in order to bypass the United States Congress after a bipartisan border security bill passed the House of Representatives and the Senate days before.Trump had previously threatened to declare a state of emergency if Congress did not pass his desired agenda on a border wall on the United States-Mexican border should be.Writing on the subject, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Charlie Savage summarized the political impact of the declaration: "...no matter what else happens, Mr
Edited sentence: If upheld, the declaration would set the precedent of a vast expansion of executive power and the powers of the Presidency.On February 15, 2019, President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency in order to bypass the goals of the United States Congress, after a bipartisan border security bill passed the House of Representatives and the Senate days before.Previously, Trump had threatened to declare a state of emergency if the stated bill was not up to his standards on what a border wall on the United States-Mexican border should be.Writing on the subject, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Charlie Savage summarized the consensus: "...no matter what else happens, Mr