The flipping field of US politics
What a difference a few years - and a new presidential administration - make.
In 2014, when Barack Obama used his executive authority to defer deportation of certain classes of undocumented migrants, Democrats defended him, while Republicans howled about an abuse of presidential authority.
Now it is Republicans attempting to explain President Donald Trump's use of an emergency declaration to redirect funds toward his border wall, while Democrats issue dire warnings of White House overreach.
Such is the ease with which the playing field flips in American politics.
The Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, joined by a handful of Republicans, are poised to rebuke Mr Trump for this wall declaration.
That will set up a showdown in the Senate, where some conservatives - particularly those up for re-election in 2020 battleground states - are uneasy about going along with what they see as a dangerous precedent.
They could hand their president an embarrassing setback, forcing him to use his first veto of his administration. Then - because a congressional veto override seems unlikely - the legal battle will shift to the courts.
The battle for public opinion will stay firmly in the realm of the politicians, of course.
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