[aquila48]

“Laws are not supposed to emanate from the mouth of the governator.”

These emergency powers are a travesty. Something has to be done to severely curb them.

The idea that a governor or a mayor can unilaterally declare an emergency and in the process assume enough dictatorial powers to throw the constitution under the bus is banana republic stuff.

Any emergency declaration must be approved by the legislature and must expire over a predefined short period of time. It can be renewed if the legislature decides to do so.

[matt04]

Yep. Any emergency powers should expire in at most 14 days, unless the Governor convenes the legislature to approve a longer time frame. From that point on they must me re-justified every 14 days or when the Gov wants any changes made.

[justme4now]

In Marbury v. Madison (1803) the Supreme Court announced for the first time the principle that a court may declare an act of Congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution.
(So if even congress can be overruled on unconstitutional laws ...?)

Yeah, there are people, even on here that will argue the Emergency Powers Act, which a rouge court ruled constitutional.

I and all Americans should simply ignore the ruling because .. Not even the so called Supreme Court should be allowed to trample the constitution!

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

"All laws that are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void."
Marbury v. Madison