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Originally posted by ktsnake
Haven't had my consitutional law class yet, but I'm not sure that the President can suspend his term limits simply by declaring that there is a 'national emergency.'
- nor can Congress. I think you'd probably need a new amendment for that.
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From what I remember is that in extreme cases, the Supreme Court can grant some kind of presidential powers during a national emergency to be addressed for a specific amount of time and I think it is outlined in the constitution.
I also think that it was done before like around the civil war... But, I could be wrong...
And at 9-11 didn't NYC delay Bloomberg's inauguration and transfer of power until the crisis was quasi-resolved? Just asking?
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