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, but ...
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/1622.html -- Vincent Penquerc'h
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 04:02:19PM +0100, Vincent Penquerc'h 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, but ...
Part of which says: (b) Termination review of national emergencies by Congress Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared, and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a joint resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated. Funny, I've never heard or read anything about them doing this. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
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