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Re:Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived by craftyguy on Monday March 11, 2019 @12:21PM (#19360155)
Not true, the president can declare an 'emergency' and circumvent Congress.
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Re:Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived by amdavidson on Monday March 11, 2019 @01:51PM (#19361067)
Referring to no specific case in particular: that is not a circumvention but an application of the authority that Congress delegated to the President in the National Emergencies Act.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergencies_Act

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Re:Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived by craftyguy on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:44PM (#19370129)
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/circumvent
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