From Rebellion:
Obama Extends Bush’s 9/11 State of Emergencyfrom feed/http://lsrebellion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default by Old RebelInstead of hope and change, we're getting more of the imperial presidency:
In a letter issued to the heads of Congress today, President Barack Obama announced yet another one year extension of a State of National Emergency which has been going on in the United States since September 14, 2001. This means that as of Tuesday America will officially be entering its tenth year at an emergency posture them seems destined to last pretty much forever....
The current state of emergency empowers the president in a number of manners, including allowing him to suspend officer personnel laws related to the US military, suspending all legal limits on the number of commissioned officers, authorizations to grow the size of the military beyond the legal appropriations, waive limits on reserves, and the right to recall retirees to active duty. The claim of “time of emergency” has also been cited in countless other measures taken by the presidents to expand their own power.
Justifying their actions as necessitated by an "emergency" is a favorite tactic of other power-hungry rulers -- Stalin and Hitler come to mind.
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