Re: National Emergency?

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:17:35AM -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote:

So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that. I mean, I realize the the Constitution/bill of rights is pretty much gone anyway,

Hasn't there been a perpetual "National Emergency", signed by every president since WWII or therebouts? Is Bush's a double plus National Emergency? Eric