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Presidential Powers in Times of Emergency

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a. Describe the legitimate scope of Presidential emergency powers
b. Do you believe our current President has over-stepped his authority in the interests of protecting national security? Explain.
c. Is it possible we could have a Constitutional Dictator in this country? Explain.

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In actuality there are no constitutionally provided or granted emergency powers for the president of the United States, and the legitimate scope of presidential emergency powers only stretches as far as those emergency powers that are granted by Congress to the chief executive under certain extreme circumstances. In essence, only those emergency powers granted by Congress will be acknowledged and protected by the US Supreme Court. Although it is interesting that the president has the power to conduct military actions for 60 days without ...

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