[cinives]

Understand your levels of government. The Federal government intervened in Little Rock because the Governor would not enforce FEDERAL law. Local emergencies are a function of STATE government, and as such are handled by the state. Under what FEDERAL law do you suppose Bush would have been justified in using to intervene ?

[kabar]

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The President has the right to protect the general welfare of the citizens. Also, the Port of New Orleans is the nation's largest in terms of throughput and about 20% of our energy needs come from this area.

Reagan fired the air traffic controllers and HST seized the coal mines in 1946. NO is part of our national security.