• Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    In other words the US is neither a state of law nor is it a democracy as separation of power can be overturned whenever the president feels like it.

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      4 months ago

      Emergency powers are in most constitutions because people generally understand that during war things have to operate a little differently. You can’t allow the enemy, who is attacking you physically, to go and publish propaganda that attacks you rhetorically and turns the populace’s loyalty towards the other side. The problem we have now is the constant use of emergency powers. That needs to be shut down. Emergency powers should be limited to a certain timeframe, and reviewed by congress after that. Not these multi decade states of emergency.