Its Not A Hoax 🤞
@PDFlynn@universeodon.com
@ferricoxide@evil.social Yeah, I agree. We need to wait and see what happens with that lawsuit that started yesterday at California. The one where they're suing over the National Guard deployment. It's gonna end up before SCOTUS, and it's anybody guess how that's gonna be decided. But to your point, that's one of the things they need to look at. I honestly don't know if there's any specific definition of or criteria for a state of emergency. If there isn't, then they need to determine one. But in this writer's opinion, that definition should definitely not be left up to exactly one individual. The POTUS. Now in the case in California, I believe the government is arguing part of the rationale was to quell a rebellion. Or words to that effect. IMO, that's going to require a much stricter definition than just what defines an emergency. And therefore harder to prove in court.
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@PDFlynn@universeodon.com
It's like the tariff thing: how's it an emergency if the problem has been going on for decades???
Emergencies are, by definition, something that's come up suddenly and recently.
....And in the case of DC, the facts say that crimes of all types are at 30yr lows (having lived here since 1993, I can attest to the improvements). So what's the provable basis for claiming an emergency?