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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/It would be nice to think that America is protected from the worst excesses of Trumps impulses by its democratic laws and institutions. After all, Trump can do only so much without bumping up against the limits set by the Constitution and Congress and enforced by the courts. Those who see Trump as a threat to democracy comfort themselves with the belief that these limits will hold him in check.
But will they? Unknown to most Americans, a parallel legal regime allows the president to sidestep many of the constraints that normally apply. The moment the president declares a national emergencya decision that is entirely within his discretionmore than 100 special provisions become available to him. While many of these tee up reasonable responses to genuine emergencies, some appear dangerously suited to a leader bent on amassing or retaining power. For instance, the president can, with the flick of his pen, activate laws allowing him to shut down many kinds of electronic communications inside the United States or freeze Americans bank accounts. Other powers are available even without a declaration of emergency, including laws that allow the president to deploy troops inside the country to subdue domestic unrest.
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OMG! What if tRump pulled some of this crap?
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What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency (Original Post)
alwaysinasnit
Dec 2018
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Let's pray that tRump (or any of his cohorts) doesn't read The Atlantic magazine.
alwaysinasnit
Dec 2018
#6
I don't think that is out of the realm of possibility. The more desperate tRump gets, the likelier
alwaysinasnit
Dec 2018
#5
eShirl
(18,491 posts)1. ssshhh!!!!!!!!!!
don't give him any ideas
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)6. Let's pray that tRump (or any of his cohorts) doesn't read The Atlantic magazine.
RightiswrongTn
(92 posts)2. It's not if..
I'm not trying to throw gas on this fire, but expect the worst. That Crazy sumbitche will incite a riot before it's over. Bout 35% will riot with him. By that time the 65% that still are American will quickly quash the Carnage, but not before blood spilled and property destroyed. Damn I hope to be wrong. He is Mental, and his followers are ignorant. Wish he would just drink the koolaid
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)5. I don't think that is out of the realm of possibility. The more desperate tRump gets, the likelier
he will do something like you describe.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,923 posts)3. Too late.
We've been under a "National Emergency ' since 9/11/2001. Bush, Obama, and Trump have all renewed it every year.
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)4. True, but no one has acted on that power yet....