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"It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated, I promise you. And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a Grand Army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the Separatists. "
―Palpatine, accepting his emergency powers
Under the powers delegated by these statutes, the President may: seize property; organize and control the means of production; seize commodities; assign military forces abroad; institute martial law; seize and control all transportation and communication; regulate the operation of private enterprise; restrict travel; and, in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all American citizens."
Originally posted by Blaine91555
I've immediately hit a stone wall. All searches produce the same handful of clearly biased sites who seem to be parroting each other. They give no access to a source or text of the Senate Report.
In checking for available digital files from the Governments sites, they do not go back that far at this time. It would probably take a visit to the source library. Anyone in D.C.?
I suspect this is a Chicken Little style issue. I highly doubt the Constitution is or has been "invalid". The Supreme Court probably would have noticed. My guess is that this is like the Tax Resistors phony rant about Maritime Law in that it is a case of misleading the public for shock value to manipulate opinion.
Originally posted by Johnmike
Originally posted by Blaine91555
I've immediately hit a stone wall. All searches produce the same handful of clearly biased sites who seem to be parroting each other. They give no access to a source or text of the Senate Report.
In checking for available digital files from the Governments sites, they do not go back that far at this time. It would probably take a visit to the source library. Anyone in D.C.?
I suspect this is a Chicken Little style issue. I highly doubt the Constitution is or has been "invalid". The Supreme Court probably would have noticed. My guess is that this is like the Tax Resistors phony rant about Maritime Law in that it is a case of misleading the public for shock value to manipulate opinion.
I've heard of this long before now and researched it, and my findings mirror Blaine's precisely.
Originally posted by yahn goodey
reply to post by jackinthebox
so if the president of the day is always having an emergency then he might not care to take the time to return to the constitution?i'm surprised jimmy carter didnt realize what was going on while he was president---surely if he knew about this he would have surrendered his extra powers ?