The Alarming Scope of the President's Emergency Powers

From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things.

>The president could seize control of U.S. internet traffic, impeding access to certain websites and ensuring that internet searches return pro-Trump content as the top results.

>Americans might be surprised to learn just how readily the president can deploy troops inside the United States.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

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A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use

>Emergency Framework Statutes

>Statutes Available Upon Declaration of a National Emergency

>Military and National Defense

https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/emergency-powers

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National Emergencies Act

>Congress has delegated at least 136 distinct statutory emergency powers to the President upon the declaration of an emergency. Only 13 require a declaration from Congress; the remaining 123 are invoked by an executive declaration with no Congressional input.[2]

>Emergency presidential powers are dramatic, and range from suspending all laws regulating chemical and biological weapons, including the ban on human testing (50 U.S.C. § 1515, passed 1969); to suspending any Clean Air Act implementation plan or excess emissions penalty upon petition of a state governor (42 U.S.C. (f) § 7410 (f), passed 1977); to authorizing and constructing military construction projects (10 U.S.C. (a) § 2808 (a), passed 1982) using any existing defense appropriations for such military constructions ($10.4 billion in FY2018[18]); to drafting any retired Coast Guard officers (14 U.S.C. § 331, passed 1963) or enlisted members (14 U.S.C. § 359, passed 1949) into active duty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergencies_Act