Some history on presidential authority in national disastersįor much of American history, disasters were dealt with by local authorities and the federal government, much less the president, had little or no role. But for someone who has experience and skill at governing, the president’s emergency authorities provide a great deal of flexibility-as do the laws themselves. Often a set of decisions requires a careful sequence of actions in order to meet legal requirements. For the amateur, these laws and regulations are often cumbersome and complicated. In order to understand a president’s emergency powers, it is important to realize that the federal government is run by the rule of law, not by the rule of a single man or woman who happens to be president.
NUMBER OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY PAST PRESIDENTS FULL
The result has been on full display during the coronavirus pandemic: chaos and incompetence. He is a president who either systematically fires people from the White House who have relevant experience or refuses to fill critical jobs across government. He is a president who lacks familiarity with how government works at any level-especially the federal government and especially during a crisis.
But Donald Trump is inadequate to do the job. In a national emergency, the president has many legal authorities, most of which are adequate to the job.
0 kommentar(er)
