Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItWhen a president threatens to exercise the power to declare a national emergency, our system of checks and balances faces a crucial test. With President Trump threatening such a declaration in order to build his proposed physical border wall, that test could be an important one that could quickly implicate your right to privacy and a transparent government.EFF has long tangled with governmental actions rooted in presidential power. From mass telephone records to the Internet backbone, and from...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItWhen a president threatens to exercise the power to declare a national emergency, our system of checks and balances faces a crucial test. With President Trump threatening such a declaration in order to build his proposed physical border wall, that test could be an important one that could quickly implicate your right to privacy and a transparent government.EFF has long tangled with governmental actions rooted in presidential power. From mass telephone records to the Internet backbone, and from...WW…