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Emergency Powers of the President

Emergency Powers of the President

FromCivics 101


Emergency Powers of the President

FromCivics 101

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Emergency powers are designed for when plans need to change, and fast, by allowing the president to override certain Constitutional provisions in a time of crisis. So how has the national emergency gone from a rarity to a tool that presidents use dozens of times while in office? We look at what a president can and cannot do during a state of emergency, and how Congress has tried to put checks on that power, with help from Kim Lane Scheppele, author of Law a the Time of Emergency. 
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What's the difference between the House and the Senate? How do congressional investigations work? What is Federalist X actually about? Civics 101 is the podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.