03-13-2020, 03:38 AM
From a NY Times update, no link yet:
President Trump will declare a national emergency today, a senior administration official says. He will invoke the Stafford Act, which allows FEMA to coordinate disaster response and aid state and local governments.
Edited to add:
I can’t find TomK’s concerns about Civil Defense taking over Hawaii Island in a COVID-19 emergency, but today’s actions might lead to it:
“We have very strong emergency powers under the Stafford Act,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. “I have it memorized, practically, as to the powers in that act. And if I need to do something, I’ll do it. I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world...-news.html
President Trump will declare a national emergency today, a senior administration official says. He will invoke the Stafford Act, which allows FEMA to coordinate disaster response and aid state and local governments.
Edited to add:
I can’t find TomK’s concerns about Civil Defense taking over Hawaii Island in a COVID-19 emergency, but today’s actions might lead to it:
“We have very strong emergency powers under the Stafford Act,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. “I have it memorized, practically, as to the powers in that act. And if I need to do something, I’ll do it. I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world...-news.html
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