Re: USA Disaster
От | Carlos Felipe Zirbes |
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Тема | Re: USA Disaster |
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Msg-id | 119A376B9565D511B65E0001022F6FDD0AF938@TERRA обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | USA Disaster (Carlos Felipe Zirbes <carlosz@dbserver.com.br>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
Well, this time it will be very difficult for the president to consult the congress, since Capitol Hill apears to have also been destroyed. But I agree with you. I don't think there's any reason to declare martial law or anything like that since the terrorists are probably dead now. That kind of thing is more likely to happen when the enemy is still active. Have you seen the movie "New York Under Siege"? As I said in my previous mail, I heard, better saying, read, that information on an Internet site (www.terra.com.br) and was not sure if such a thing could really happen. Carlos Felipe Zirbes DBServer Assessoria em Sistemas de Informação E-mail: carlosz@dbserver.com.br Fone: (51) 3342-8055 Fax: (51) 3342-4838 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Lockhart [mailto:lockhart@fourpalms.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:07 PM To: Carlos Felipe Zirbes Subject: Re: [GENERAL] USA Disaster (taking things farther OT, but it is a interesting subject) > I have also heard that maybe the army will take over the control of the > country, putting Bush aside. Just don't know if that can really happen... Absolutely not. The military here has an incredibly strong tradition of "no politics", and that would extend to disasters and wars (which we are nowhere near). In the USA the President *is* the Commander of the military. What *has* happened in the past on very divisive issues is that the Congress sometimes feels that they should be consulted or should authorize actions or plans. The President has authority to take some kinds of military action in emergencies, but is expected to come back to Congress for authorization for longer periods of time. I'm not sure of the details in effect today, since Congress does occasionally try to change the rules. In the last couple of decades, Congress has typically supported the President in any response to an emergency. And it may not matter if they don't ;) As in most countries, there is the concept of "martial law", and that affects the legal process and citizen rights (not "Bush", who heads the administration, but rather the judicial branch and law enforcement). That is more within the realm of possibility, but imho is not at all likely as of now. - Thomas
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