Fun fact: There are 31 presidential emergency declarations still in effect

yeah but orange man bad

Boosie says this doesn't matter.

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There are 31 presidential emergency declarations still in effect

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And about 90% of them do NOT deal with "emergencies" and should have been subject to the normal legislative process.

Believe it or not, the National Emergencies Act of 1976 was an initial effort to CURTAIL presidential power to declare and maintain states of "emergency." There was near-consensus that Presidents had been abusing that power.

Congress needs to take a hard look at the NEA as it now exists and (IMHO) tighten the restrictions upon presidential power.

How?

For a start, the power to declare an "Emergency" might be limited to specific short-term scenarios (e.g. foreign attack) that CANNOT be addressed by Congressional action. As an example, the sale of "conflict" diamonds from Sierra Leone is NOT an "emergency," despite Bush-43's declaration to the contrary. If we have a problem with those sales, Congress can pass legislation.

Presidential declarations might be limited to VERY short term periods, absent legislative approval ... rather like a judicial Temporary Restraining Order (e.g. 14 day limit). If it is an ACTUAL "emergency," Congress can get the lead out. IF they do not do so, it probably was not ACTUALLY an "emergency."

Declarations might be subject to an absolute limit on length of time during which they can have effect (e.g. 60- or 90-day limits).

The very idea of using (definitionally short-term) "emergency" powers to implement PERMANENT solutions (whether a border wall or some equally-crazy gun control measure) is antithetical to the concept of Congressional oversight of the Executive branch.

The fricking democrat party is the national emergency but trump couldn’t say that.

The shite they put in that bill/wanted to shows a complete disregard for this country