Apparently Bush used this extensively after 9-11.
The big difference is the motives. Bush was interested in the well being of Americans.
Obama craves power, would not hesitate to use AGAINST Americans.
Look at what he's accomplished so far.
He wasted a trillion dollars on his "special interests."
He drove the deficit to unsustainable levels.
He's neutered the house and senate through czar authority.
He's ignoring the courts and the law.
States are in bankruptcy status.
Millions have lost their homes.
Unemployment is at @20%.
His union armies are starting to spam the nation in the name of social justice.
Government officials are engaging in lawlessness and denying the states their right to democracy.
His activist groups have set the middle east on fire, and the cost of oil is about to destroy what little there is left.
What will people do in the near future? They'll either go crazy and Oboma will have no choice but to declare marshal law and become dictator for life, or the system will crash so hard Oboma will have no choice but to declare marshal law and become dictator for life. Either way, Oboma is in a win win situation, and it was all created. Never waste a good created crises!
And he did it all in less than two years. "He destroyed wonderfully."
“Apparently Bush used this extensively after 9-11.”
FWIW, we’ve BEEN in a national state of emergency ever since 9-11. Last September, Obama announced that it would continue for another year, i.e., until this coming September.
I believe the rationale for a new state of emergency is that each declaration has to specify what statutory authorities the president is invoking under his emergency powers that couldn’t be done without such a declaration (e.g., having Treasury seize assets etc.).
I don’t support or like Obama, but the reality is that if he’d want to abuse his powers under a state of emergency, the opportunity has been there ever since he took office. So we might want to dial down the rhetoric a bit over this newest move.