Yes they have powers not normally granted. No, they don’t have unlimited powers. Do you seriously believe, for instance that the governor of a state can send the state police to your house and summarily execute you and your family simply because he believes that is necessary to deal with an emergency? Do you really believe that he can order the national guard to burn down your house if he deems that necessary?
If you do, then what’s the difference between America and Nazi Germany? Why even bother with a Constitution? After all, it’s possible to declare ANY situation an emergency. Who gets to decide what constitutes an emergency anyway? Is this pandemic really even an emergency in the first place? That is questionable IMO. Even the models used to start all this are now predicting about 60-70 thousand deaths, about the same as a bad seasonal flu total. Is that actually an emergency?
Does the governor really get to decide that an emergency exists, then exercise absolute power once he does so? I find it scary that ANYONE seriously thinks that is the case, let alone someone posting on a forum that promotes Constitutional government.
never said they have unlimited powers. Their legislature or a court have check and balances. Never said the national guard would burn down your house. Can you concoct a scenario where that would be necessary?
you are engaging in hyperbole. to avoid just saying, yes, sometimes rights are restricted. I am making a simple point and there is a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth, for some reason, to avoid agreeing to the obvious.
re your last paragraph. Yes on some cases the gov decides like the watts riots, forest fires earthquakes. In order to get FEMA funds and other federal aid the president has to declare. It’s all spelled out in the info I posted earlier.
What is puzzling is people don’t remember how often emergencies are declared.