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Federal Executive Emergency Authorities to Address COVID-19

Masha Simonova, Nathaniel Sobel Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 12:58 PM

The Trump administration’s declarations have utilized some of the federal government’s emergency powers to address the coronavirus outbreak. But what other powers remain untapped?

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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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