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To: Enlightened1

Agree but the states, who hold the real power regarding these issues will block him. All he has the legal power to do is encourage them to ‘open it up’


7 posted on 04/11/2020 6:46:00 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: Levy78

THE STATES DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LOCKDOWN THE PUBLIC!!!

And I think it is high time for Millions of Deprivation of Rights Federal Lawsuits to be filed against thousands of elected officials nationwide.

Article 1, Section 9 states, “The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Congress can declare martial law, because Congress alone is granted the power to suspend the writ. The President, however, is commander-in-chief of the military, and it has been argued that the President can take it upon himself to declare martial law. In these times, Congress may decide not to act, effectively accepting martial law by failing to stop it; Congress may agree to the declaration, putting the official stamp of approval on the declaration; or it can reject the President’s imposition of martial law, which could set up a power struggle between the Congress and the Executive that only the Judiciary would be able to resolve.

https://usconstitution.net/consttop_mlaw.html


17 posted on 04/11/2020 8:01:54 AM PDT by eyeamok
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