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Re:State of emergency declared after blackout plunges most o... by nobodyandproud on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:09AM (#43183302)
This is executive powers as it was intended, though, and not a power grab.
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Re:State of emergency declared after blackout plunges most o... by newsclues on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:20AM (#43183371)
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.

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Re:State of emergency declared after blackout plunges most o... by aithrowawaycomm on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:35AM (#43183970)
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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