Where do you believe he has the authority in the Constitution on this? You know, from what I can see, it probably comes from a number of different pieces of legislation. The National Emergency Act. There are other pockets of money that give him the authority, for example, in Department of Defense, to fight drugs. I mean, obviously putting up better barriers is part of the effort to, to combat that flow of heroin, for example, that's poisoning our cities. So now listen, this is a real problem. (04:18–04:24)
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