Rumour has it...
Mar. 21st, 2003 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tyggerjaiU.S. citizens complaining about loss of rights, and unconstitutional war may in fact , technically, be shit out of luck.
Apparently, the War Powers Act was invoked during the Depression, allowing FDR to fiddle with economic foo (Gold standard, etc) due to a "state of emergency".
Said state of emergency allows the President to suspend the consitution. Said state of emergency can only be revoked by the President. N oPresident has ever revoked the state of emergency.
Lorenzo? Is this accurate?
Of course, that hasn't stopped the U.S. courts from upholding consitutional rights anyway, but nonetheless...
sol.
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Apparently, the War Powers Act was invoked during the Depression, allowing FDR to fiddle with economic foo (Gold standard, etc) due to a "state of emergency".
Said state of emergency allows the President to suspend the consitution. Said state of emergency can only be revoked by the President. N oPresident has ever revoked the state of emergency.
Lorenzo? Is this accurate?
Of course, that hasn't stopped the U.S. courts from upholding consitutional rights anyway, but nonetheless...
sol.
.