These directives (National Security Presidential Directive 51 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20), which do not need congressional approval; provide a skeletal outline of the actions the president will take in the event of a “national emergency.” Mind you, that national emergency can take any form, can be manipulated for any purpose and can be used to justify any end goal—all on the say-so of the president. According to the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
[USC03] 50 USC Ch. 34: NATIONAL EMERGENCIES. All that is required is that the president formally declares a national emergency but also that he or she cites the specific statutory authority the president sought to use. An emergency declaration would lapse after one year unless formally renewed by the president. In the end, the president can easily obtain congressional ex-ante authorization which is literally a blank check for the executive branch to do whatever is necessary to alleviate the emergency –including suspending parts of the constitution. Now according to the mainstream media, we’re facing a doomsday scenario if the shutdown persists. We have been hearing trigger words and phrases like “economic hellscape” and “devastating impact”, among many doomsday descriptions –and an emergency declaration may put some people into panic mode. If you are without money, and food and you depend on the government for such services you can and eventually will feel the vice grip on everything long before others who do not rely on such things.
If the worst were to happen, experts say the devastating impact would be widespread:
38 million low-income Americans lose food stamps
6 million faces an uncertain timetable for collecting tax refunds
2 million without rental assistance and facing possible eviction
800,000 paycheck-less federal employees plunged into dire financial straits.
Shuttered parks and museums while overstressed airports cause tourism to drop.
Federal court system slows to a crawl
Disaster relief money doesn’t get to storm-ravaged areas
Lapsed FDA and EPA inspections lead to dangerous outbreaks of disease
Private companies looking to go public are stuck in limbo
Stock market plummets
If Congress and President Donald Trump can’t reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling, its game over – we will witness a severe recession. We now are witnessing a manufactured crisis to override constitutional constraints and the rule of law. If the State of Emergency is continually propped up and abused by the executive branch of government, we may see something far more restrictive being implemented after President Trump is long gone from the Whitehouse. Every action taken that stretches the credulity of the people can weaken the system of checks and balances, sidestep the rule of law, and expand the power of a predator state. Extremism can lead to despotism, despotism will put us in a state of tyranny — tyranny will create a greater divide and the system will implode as America eats itself and the New World Order makes soup of our bones.
1/11/2019