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Sun Aug 16, 2020, 12:07 PM
Aug 2020

Last edited Sun Aug 16, 2020, 12:44 PM - Edit history (1)

It has been around for a long time. Read up about them.

I have come across references to the PEADs over the years and most references to them are that there are sealed, secret documents that do give a President almost unlimited power and that virtually suspend our Constitution. They are supposed to allow for quick action during a REAL emergency, but we can see that they would be tools for this dictator's slow-motion coup and that makes them very dangerous.

I would venture that, if the Tyrant in Chief does use them and acts to suspend the Constitution, all bets are off in this country. It may give him all the power and take ours completely away, but that's going to create a huge schism and a lot of chaos. If there is no Constitution holding this together, then what, other than a military-style, imposed martial law binds the people themselves? Big mistake.

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