National Emergency?

[Duncan Frissell]

Nothing much new.  The answer is "forever".

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-358es.html

Executive Orders and National Emergencies:
How Presidents Have Come to "Run the
Country" by Usurping Legislative Power

DCF

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, 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,
> but ...
>
>
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> Harmon Seaver
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