Quote Originally Posted by Whacker
Disclaimer - I didn't really read the OP completely

It would seem that the above somewhat "expands" on the Prez's power to institute martial law to more of a "I do it when I want to instead of there being a legitimate 'need'". It would seem to me that there's some real oversight needed to put the Executive branch back in it's proper place in our beloved government triumvirate.
Well yes it does, but under Article 2 of the constitution he "Caring for the faithful execution of the law". Dont tell anyone but the National emergencies act that Zak is referencing is the law.

Now if he said that the law needed to be changed thats one thing, but no, this is a "power grab", when in truth its an execution of the constitution.