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This is executive powers as it was intended, though, and not a power grab.

• newsclues 2y ago
  I think generally you must confirm that there was no power grab after the emergency has pasted. Otherwise you can grab power and refuse to relinquish it after a real emergency that justified the executive powers.
  • aithrowawaycomm 2y ago
    That is true but it seems like most authoritarians invent a vague emergency to justify grabbing specific powers (e.g. Trump declaring a "border emergency"), whereas a specific emergency for a specific event has a time limit. In particular: getting Trump to rescind his border "emergency" will be a long slow process of organizing and accumulating public pressure, whereas there will be an overwhelming amount of public pressure to end the curfew as soon as the power is restored.
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