[Wuli]

If so many are “still active”, does that mean it takes another presidential executive order to declare a “national emergency” as over.

Is that all it is? Some have after being declared have been ignored by presidents after the emergency was over, and so they still stand as open on the books.

Or, have the presidents enjoyed an abuse of power and authority (continued use of an “emergency declaration” as justification for action) that leaving such emergencies open gives them, particularly in regard to “international” situations?

[henbane]

If so many are “still active”, does that mean it takes another presidential executive order to declare a “national emergency” as over.
Is that all it is? Some have after being declared have been ignored by presidents after the emergency was over, and so they still stand as open on the books.

Seems that no political agency is interested in closing down a Presidential Emergency after it is created.

Looks like there are two ways of closing Emergencies down: 1) a Presidential Proclamation Terminating an Emergency; 2) a Congressional vote by both Senate and House to close an Emergency.

Obviously neither the Executive or Legislative branches seem interested in closing all these open Emergencies dating decades back. There just doesn't seem to be the political will for it.

The Judicial Branch doesn't seem to have a part in closing down existing Presidential Emergencies. We are about to find out what part the Supremes will play in President Trump's newly minted Emergency of 2019.