Can the president declare national entry
Executive summary
The available reporting does not show a legal concept called “national entry,” so this question as phrased cannot be answered directly from the sources; instead, the statute and expert analyses establish that the President can declare a national emergency and thereby unlock specific emergency powers delegated by Congress [1] [2]. That authority is governed by the National Emergencies Act, which prescribes procedures, annual renewal, reporting, and congressional means to terminate an emergency [3] [4].
1. The term the sources use — “national emergency,” not “national entry”
None of the provided sources define or discuss a presidential power to declare a “national entry,” and therefore the record reviewed does not support treating “national entry” as a recognized legal term; the principal framework described throughout is the National Emergencies Act and related statutes that authorize a president to declare a “national emergency” [2] [3].
2. Yes — the President can declare a national emergency under federal law, and that declaration activates statutorily defined powers
Under 50 U.S.C. §1621 and the National Emergencies Act, the President is authorized to declare a national emergency to exercise special or extraordinary powers that Congress has provided for times of emergency, and such a declaration makes certain standby statutory authorities effective [5] [1].
3. Those powers are not unlimited — Congress granted specific authorities and built in procedural checks
Congress has delegated roughly 120–150 distinct statutory authorities that may be triggered by a presidential declaration, but the President’s emergency authority is limited to those provisions Congress has defined and requires the President to specify which statutory provisions he is activating [3] [6] [1].
4. Procedural rules: publication, specification, renewal, reporting and congressional termination
The NEA requires the President to publish the declaration (Federal Register), to specify the legal authorities being used, to renew the emergency annually for it to continue, and to report periodically to Congress about expenditures tied to the emergency; Congress can terminate an emergency by joint resolution (which the President can veto), and an emergency lapses automatically after one year unless renewed [1] [4] [7].
5. Real-world use and litigation show both reach and limits of emergency declarations
Presidents have repeatedly used NEA declarations to access a wide range of tools, as seen in numerous administrations and the COVID-19 national emergency declared in March 2020, and courts and Congress have at times constrained or reviewed such uses when they appeared to stretch statutory or constitutional bounds [8] [3] [7].
6. Advocacy and scholarship warn about potential for abuse and the need for stronger checks
Legal scholars and organizations such as the Brennan Center and Protect Democracy document the large number of authorities unlocked by emergency declarations — warning that the NEA allows a president to declare emergencies by executive order and to renew them indefinitely absent robust congressional oversight — and advocate reforms to prevent circumvention of ordinary lawmaking [9] [10].
7. Bottom line on the original question: can the president declare “national entry”?
The reviewed sources do not describe a power called “national entry,” so that specific phrase is not substantiated in the legal materials provided; but if the question intends “national emergency,” then yes: federal law (the NEA and Title 50) authorizes the President to declare a national emergency, subject to statutory limits, specification requirements, reporting, renewal, and congressional oversight or termination [5] [1] [4].
8. Where the record is limited and where readers should look next
This analysis is confined to the supplied materials; it cannot confirm whether “national entry” is an emerging phrase used elsewhere or in other contexts, and readers seeking a definitive answer about any novel term should consult statute, case law, and formal executive proclamations directly, especially the text of 50 U.S.C. §§1601–1651 and recent executive orders and litigation [2] [11].