[FRIAM] Indefinite Emergency Powers

[Frank Wimberly]

Congress is smarter than that, even with it's Trumpian sycophants.

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Frank C. Wimberly
505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 5:26 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:

> Hungary's authoritarian leader Orban wants to get indefinite emergency
> powers to fight the Virus.
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/hungary-s-orban-seeks-indefinite-emergency-powers-in-virus-bill
>
> It reminds Germans of the "enabling act" 1933 which Hitler used to grab
> power. This law granted the leader the power to enact laws without the
> involvement of the p
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_(Weimar_Republic)>arliament,
> and made him a dictator.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933
>
> Trump will try something similar - a bill or amendment to the constitution
> that grants him indefinite and unlimited powers. Officially to fight the
> disease and to protect Americans. In reality to protect himself. Once he
> has this emergency powers, he will never give them back.
>
> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
>
> -J.
>
>
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