National Emergency?
Duncan Frissell
frissell at panix.com
Thu Aug 21 09:54:05 PDT 2003
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
> CyberShamanix
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