tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post198466250628515617..comments2024-03-28T06:02:08.977-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Elliot Fineman: "Screw the Constitution, we want an EMERGENCY DECLARED!!"Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-71064613882429054382015-11-06T05:06:17.959-08:002015-11-06T05:06:17.959-08:00Legally, at the federal level, "state of emer...Legally, at the federal level, "state of emergency" has no meaning. There is no public law that defines it or that uses it to grant the government authority that it does not already otherwise have. At the state and local levels, there are some state that do have "state of emergency, with legislation to enact emergency powers. Those powers are spelled out in law and not an open ended assumption of unlimited authority. Even "martial law" doesn't mean what people think it means. it means that the military is enacting law enforcement because civilian law enforcement has broken down. But the laws themselves are the same. There are just military courts, jails, police and judges instead of civilian ones. "Shoot to kill" and "shoot on sight" does not exist anywhere in American public law. Anyone who takes such authority upon themselves is a criminal and may lawfully be stopped by deadly force. And that's why we have a second amendment. <br /><br />So, the argument comes full circle. As long as the government doesn't try to take our guns away, we don't need guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-3895435343574900542015-11-05T12:23:21.828-08:002015-11-05T12:23:21.828-08:00You know that, I know that; he and his asskissers ...You know that, I know that; he and his asskissers don't think it matters.<br /><br />Which is asking for some REAL interesting timesFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-55217178777966263322015-11-05T05:42:04.614-08:002015-11-05T05:42:04.614-08:00Even in a state of emergency, our president does n...Even in a state of emergency, our president does not gain wonderful new powers to rule by decree. Our constitution does not have an "except for emergency" clause. The President's powers are limited. The President has no authority to create law. If he tries to, we the people, are free to ignore it. if he enforces it anyway, then it is time to give up the illusion that we live in a free society and let each man live according to his own conscience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com