DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic

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34 points·JumpCrisscross··7 comments

In the present circumstances there can be no presumption of good faith. We have unlimited evidence of bad faith already in hand.

Why emergency powers are being proposed to be used for anything other than increasing supply of necessary hospital supplies, increasing hospital capacity, increasing testing capacity, and saving the economy, is a mystery and a scandal of historic proportions.

If they impose martial law they can suspend habeas corpus and still get the same results. Not sure why they would do this. Unless they want to do it outside of declaring martial law which would be a tough legal matter to argue.

if it started to degenerate into collapse of civility thats one thing.

there is the morality play where impending doom gives perception of no consequences thus the truly moral remain unchanged, but others act out on impulses because there is no visible authority to heed to.

There's no invasion or rebellion. Local courts can still operate. There's 0 chance of any suspension being found legal.

"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."

I predict they will find a way to "postpone" the elections in November due to <insert reason here>. Everyone can scream "unconstitutional" at me as much as they want - the current administration has been practicing this for >3 years and they will find a way. Just leaving this here so I can say "I told you so".

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