conservatives, do you support executive directive 51?

Question

if that's not unconstitutional, i don't know what is.

even the world net daily describes the act as giving him "near dictatorial powers" in the event of a national catastrophe.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55824
to sum it up, if some major event occured, the president would be allowed to label it a national catastrophe. if the election were near, the elections would be scrapped, and bush would continue to be president. congress would also be scrapped, bush and a few others would have complete power. also take note how the president is the only one who can declare the event a national catastrophe.

not only that, but if the constitution is scrapped, whose to say bush won't also take away all of our rights, maybe even declare martial law? who knows, maybe he'll even use wiretaps to root out those deemed unloyal. sorry if i sound paranoid, i'm just brainstorming

i really don't think this is a partisan issue, it's unconstitutional no matter what way you look at it.

bush would also be the only one who could declare it over. meaning he could continue to be dictator indefinitely

i'm not looking for digressive rants, please just answer the question.

Answer 1

So if Hillary wins the presidency, and cuts back on all means to thwart terrorism and we are attacked like never before creating a national catastrophe, will you feel better about this directive?

Answer 2

Executive Directive 51

Answer 3

Last time I checked we have a Supreme Court... Does Judicial Review ring a bell??? The Supreme Court can (and probably would) declare it unconstitutional.

Answer 4

Any President might want something like this but it is doubtful that he/she could get that power. Peace

Answer 5

This topic is covered almost everyday.
Sometimes it's like people want it to happen just to say "na na na na, told you Bush was evil."

Answer 6

Well just because Bush puts out a memo saying that, does not make it Constitutional.