On March 15, at 3:42 pm, Attorney General Barr officially declared the National Emergency on the southern border to be in effect. The declaration came shortly after twelve Republican senators defected to vote with Democrats on rescinding Trump’s initial emergency declaration. The vote prompted the first veto of Trump’s presidency, which was followed shortly by AG Barr’s press conference during which Barr re-affirmed the legality of the declaration. The bill rescinding the