WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses a lawsuit filed by a group of 16 states, including New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maine, against President Trump's declaration of a national emergency, calling the president's decision to use executive power to fund a border wall unconstitutional. Dr. Chartock also discusses news that President Obama does not plan to endorse anyone for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.