Executive Power
Emergencies Without End: A Primer on Federal States of Emergency
Catherine Padhi Fri, Dec 8, 2017, 9:00 AM
The United States is in a state of emergency: 28 national ones and many more local. This might come as a surprise, but it isn’t new—this month marks the start of our 39th year in a continuous emergency state. What is an emergency, and how did we get here? This post explains.
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