While it remains unclear what the President is referring to when he describes authorities 'that people don’t even know about,' his remarks suggest that his Administration has produced or may soon produce documents purporting to support the use of extraordinary legal authorities in response to the pandemic. Such documents would likely undergo review by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). The President may also be referencing 'Presidential Emergency Action Documents' (PEADs), which may contain contingency plans by this Administration or its predecessors for the government’s response to a pandemic.
Why was Jerry Nadler so interested in Trump's PEAD's???
https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394266
April 24, 2020
The Honorable William P. Barr
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Attorney General Barr:
In recent days and weeks, President Trump has repeatedly suggested he may use unspecified emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.On March 12, for example, that he told reporters that he has “the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about,” including “a lot of emergency actions that I can take.”[1]On March 16, he claimed to have “very strong emergency powers” that could be used to close the southern and northern borders of the United States.[2]During an April 14 press briefing, the President asserted “total” authority to force state and local governments to rescind public health measures.[3] When challenged about his claims, President Trump said his Administration would “write up papers” or a “legal brief” justifying these positions.[4]
While it remains unclear what the President is referring to when he describes authorities “that people don’t even know about,” his remarks suggest that his Administration has produced or may soon produce documents purporting to support the use of extraordinary legal authorities in response to the pandemic. Such documents would likely undergo review by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). The President may also be referencing “Presidential Emergency Action Documents” (PEADs), which may contain contingency plans by this Administration or its predecessors for the government’s response to a pandemic. Public disclosures indicate that between 50 and 60 PEADs have been drafted by prior Administrations to address various emergency scenarios, and those documents are typically reviewed by OLC.[5]
In light of the President’s threats to invoke these hidden emergency powers, we request that the Department provide the Judiciary Committee with the following:
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A briefing (by teleconference if needed) about the Administration’s anticipated use of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic;
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Any PEADs in the Department’s possession that address contingency planning for pandemics; and
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Any other documents or communications in the Department’s possession that describe or analyze the legality of the President’s potential use of emergency authorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.While the federal government must respond swiftly and energetically to protect the public health during this pandemic, the President cannot use the current crisis to assert secret and unreviewable powers.
Sincerely,
Jerrold Nadler
Chairman
House Committee on the Judiciary
MaybeDevolutionhas happened
What remains of control is being exercised under PEADs
And the territory of the former USA is under the occupation of the US Military under the command of its leader
Commander-In-Chief Donald J. Trumpwho was the Last President ever, of the United States of America.
The 50 states are now Sovereign and the territory under military occupation is subject to the Law of War as detailed in section 11 of this document:
https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/DoD%20Law%20of%20War%20Manual%20-%20June%202015%20Updated%20Dec%202016.pdf?ver=2016-12-13-172036-190
There are 4 articles onDevolutionat this site which explain the situation and point out that Trump actually warned us of this in several "addresses" to the Nation.
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-4
This is not a joke. This is a well-researched analysis that you all ought to pay serious attention to
Why did this Bill go before Congress?
What were they afraid of?
https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/REIGN%20Act%202020%20(1).pdf
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. ll
To require the disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action
documents.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on llllllllll
A BILL
To require the disclosure to Congress of presidential
emergency action documents.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restraint of Executive
5 in Governing Nation Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘REIGN Act
6 of 2020’’.
7 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO CONGRESS OF PRESIDENTIAL
8 EMERGENCY ACTION DOCUMENTS.
9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
10 conclusion of the process for approval, adoption, or revi-
2
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1 sion of any presidential emergency action document, the
2 President shall submit that document to the appropriate
3 congressional committees.
4 (b) DOCUMENTS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE DATE OF
5 ENACTMENT.—Not later than 15 days after the date of
6 the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
7 the appropriate congressional committees all presidential
8 emergency action documents in existence before such date
9 of enactment.
10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’, with respect to a presidential emergency
14 action document submitted under subsection (a) or
15 (b), means—
16 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security
17 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
18 the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on In19 telligence of the Senate;
20 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Re21 form, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the
22 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
23 the House of Representatives; and
24 (C) any other committee of the Senate or
25 the House of Representatives with jurisdiction
3
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1 over the subject matter addressed in the presi2 dential emergency action document.
3 (2) PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ACTION DOCU4 MENT.—The term ‘‘presidential emergency action
5 document’’ refers to—
6 (A) each of the approximately 56 docu7 ments described as presidential emergency ac8 tion documents in the budget justification mate9 rials for the Office of Legal Counsel of the De10 partment of Justice submitted to Congress in
11 support of the budget of the President for fiscal
12 year 2018; and
13 (B) any other pre-coordinated legal docu14 ment in existence before, on, or after the date
15 of the enactment of this Act, that—
16 (i) is designated as a presidential
17 emergency action document; or
18 (ii) is designed to implement a presi19 dential decision or transmit a presidential
20 request when an emergency disrupts nor21 mal governmental or legislative processes.
And again…
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bill_text.pdf
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. ll
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
York, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NEAL, Mr. COHEN,
Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. TED LIEU of California,
Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr.
SWALWELL of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll
A BILL
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for
other purposes.
Sec. 533. Disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action documents.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
6 conclusion of the process for approval, adoption, or revi7 sion of any presidential emergency action document, the
8 President shall submit that document to the appropriate
9 congressional committees.
10 (b) DOCUMENTS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE DATE OF
11 ENACTMENT.—Not later than 15 days after the date of
12 the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
13 the appropriate congressional committees all presidential
14 emergency action documents in existence before such date
15 of enactment.
16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
17 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’, with respect to a presidential emergency
20 action document submitted under subsection (a) or
21 (b), means—
22 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security
23 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
24 the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on In25 telligence of the Senate;
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1 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Re2 form, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the
3 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
4 the House of Representatives; and
5 (C) any other committee of the Senate or
6 the House of Representatives with jurisdiction
7 over the subject matter addressed in the presi8 dential emergency action document.
9 (2) PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ACTION DOCU10 MENT.—The term ‘‘presidential emergency action
11 document’’ refers to—
12 (A) each of the approximately 56 docu13 ments described as presidential emergency ac14 tion documents in the budget justification mate15 rials for the Office of Legal Counsel of the De16 partment of Justice submitted to Congress in
17 support of the budget of the President for fiscal
18 year 2018; and
19 (B) any other pre-coordinated legal docu20 ment in existence before, on, or after the date
21 of the enactment of this Act, that—
22 (i) is designated as a presidential
23 emergency action document; or
24 (ii) is designed to implement a presi25 dential decision or transmit a presidential
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1 request when an emergency disrupts nor2 mal governmental or legislative processes.
Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-c596e78d503f953fc8acf1eaad1b4dea
The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark.
“I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about,” he said at the White House.
Trump wasn’t just crowing. Dozens of statutory authorities become available to any president when national emergencies are declared. They are rarely used, but Trump last month stunned legal experts and others when he claimed — mistakenly — that he has “total” authority over governors in easing COVID-19 guidelines.
That prompted 10 senators to look into how sweeping Trump believes his emergency powers are.
They have asked to see this administration’sPresidential Emergency Action Documents, or PEADs. The little-known, classified documents are essentially planning papers.
The documents don’t give a president authority beyond what’s in the Constitution. But they outline what powers a president believes that the Constitution gives him to deal with national emergencies. The senators think the documents would provide them a window into how this White House interprets presidential emergency powers.
“The concern is that there could be actions taken that would violate individual rights under the Constitution,” such as limiting due process, unreasonable search and seizure and holding individuals without cause, King said.
“I’m merely speculating. It may be that we get these documents and there’s nothing untoward in their checks and balances and everything is above board and reasonable.″
Joshua Geltzer, visiting professor of law at Georgetown University, said there is a push to take a look at these documents because there is rising distrust for the Trump administration’s legal interpretations in a way he hasn’t seen in his lifetime.
The most publicized example was Trump’s decision last year to declare the security situation along the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency. That decision allowed him to take up to $3.6 billion from military construction projects to finance wall construction beyond the miles that lawmakers had been willing to fund. Trump’s move skirted the authority of Congress, which by law has the power to spend money in the nation’s wallet.
“I worry about other things he might call an emergency,” Geltzer said. “I think around the election itself in November — that’s where there seems to be a lot of potential for mischief with this president.”
“When somebody’s the president of the United States, the authority is total,” Trump said, causing a backlash from some governors and legal experts. Trump later tweeted that while some people say it’s the governors, not the president’s decision, “Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect.”
Trump later backtracked on his claim of “total” authority and agreed that states have the upper hand in deciding when to end their lockdowns. But it was just the latest from a president who has been stretching existing statutory authorities “to, if not beyond, their breaking point,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas.
Questions about Trump’sPEADswent unanswered by the Justice Department, National Security Council and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of a national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, said PEADs have not been subject to congressional oversight for decades. She estimates that there are 50 to 60 of these documents, which include draft proclamations, executive orders and proposed legislation that could be swiftly introduced to “assert broad presidential authority” in national emergencies.
She said the Eisenhower administration hadPEADsoutlining how it might respond to a possible Soviet nuclear attack. According to the Brennan Center, PEADs issued up through the 1970s included detention of U.S. citizens suspected of being subversives, warrantless searches and seizures and the imposition of martial law.
Goitein said she especially worries about any orders having to do with military deployment, including martial law. “You can imagine a situation where he (Trump) engineers a crisis that leads to domestic violence, which then becomes a pretext for martial law,” said Goitein, who insists she’s simply playing out worst-case scenarios.
The Trash bin in the window of a an upstairs WhiteHouse bedroom next to the President's private Dining Room between the residence, and the guest bedrooms.
It appeared when Seb Gorka explained to his callers thatQ is Garbage.
We needed that because there were too many Morans on the board who wanted to worship Q instead of following instructions:Dig!
As inDig through the GARBAGE that I provide and find the gems in there
Every one of Q's LIES and drops of GARBAGE contains enough water(information) to use as KEYS (i.e. search keys on Google) and lead to information hidden in plain site that the Cabal are trying to hide using distraction operations. In fact, by actually getting out there and digging, you begin to see the variety of ways they put stuff on the net to hide facts about their crimes.
Here are the 5-part Devolution article series
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-2
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-3
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-4
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-5
And here are the related articles including a short version of Devolution 5
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/the-present-situation
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/be-the-storm
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/contributing-article-from-seamus
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/election-infrastructure-corruption
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/message-from-a-patriot-a-must-read
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/announcing-devolution-part-3-and
Remember….United NOT Divided!
How's it gonna work?
TEAMWORK!!!