Couldn’t he just declare martial law in an emergency? Why is a new policy needed?
I believe Martial Law has to be shared with Congress. this does not.
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Is it really any new policy? Every President since Eisenhower I believe has signed similar Executive Orders, dismantling the previous Administration’s mechanisms such as Civil Defense, or FEMA, with substitutes, while re-announcing and declaring a state of national emergency continuing such powers. While generally not mentioned except by conspiracy theorists, I suspect it is a formality more between upper intel and black ops between various power structures, which seem to change every 6-20 years.