03-22-2020, 04:52 PM
(03-22-2020, 04:40 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Yup. I was slow coming to it over my life due to party loyalty and thinking mine are ok and theirs are bad, but I’m pretty much there now.
I can’t swear this is effective or not but I can tell you that this is too much power for one person to have. I do not like being ruled.
I think the most concerning thing has been this:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
Quote:The Justice Department has quietly asked Congress for the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies — part of a push for new powers that comes as the novel coronavirus spreads throughout the United States.
Documents reviewed by POLITICO detail the department’s requests to lawmakers on a host of topics, including the statute of limitations, asylum and the way court hearings are conducted. POLITICO also reviewed and previously reported on documents seeking the authority to extend deadlines on merger reviews and prosecutions.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR