Posted on 03/18/2012 12:08:10 PM PDT by QT3.14
The huge difference is, Dwight Eisenhower, Dick Nixon, and Jimmy Carter were not power-mad Mau-Mau's planning a bloodsoaked Red revolution.
These extraordinary "standby powers", granted under the shadow of a giant mushroom cloud, were badly conceived and unwisely granted, with insufficient opportunities for Congress to "clog" (Madison's word), delay, impede, or restrict use of them by the Executive Branch. These laws were not written with the People's liberty interest at the fore, and it shows. That's why these passages read like Nazi decrees, or like rescripts from the court of the Emperor Majorian.
Did they succeed?
of course they succeeded in sneaking this through. besides here very few places are talking about it. So I would say about 99.5% of the population has no idea this took place and 99% will still have no idea this happened 6 months from now. Even better about 98% of the population probably has no idea what an Executive Order even is.
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