NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS ACT (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651)

POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILITARY OR WAR SITUATIONS, STATUARY DELEGATIONS FROM CONGRESS EXIST ON A STAND BY BASIS AND REMAIN DORMANT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT FORMALLY DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. THE DELEGATIONS OR GRANTS OF POWER AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO MEET THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNING IN TIMES OF CRISIS. UNDER THE POWERS DELEGATED BY SUCH STATUTES THE PRESIDENT MAY; SEIZE PROPERTY, ORGANIZE AND CONTROL THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION, SEIZE COMMODITIES, ASSIGN MILITARY FOR ABROAD, INSTITUTE MARSHALL LAW, SEIZE AND CONTROL ALL TRANSPORTATION & COMMUNICATIONS, REGULATE THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, RESTRICT TRAVEL, AND IN VARIOUS WAYS CONTROL THE LIVES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS. THESE POWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND ADDED TO BY CONGRESS FOR OVER 200 YEARS. UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14, 1976, THERE WERE (4) PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS STILL IN EFFECT. THEY WERE 1933, 1950, 1970 & 1971. ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1976 THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW ONE CHANGE IN THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS ACT. THAT CHANGE WAS WHEN A PRESIDENT ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS ONLY GOOD FOR (1) YEAR FROM THE DATE ISSUED, BUT SINCE FOR 200 YEARS THE EXECUTIVE POWERS WAS SO INTERTWINED THE AUTHORITY UNDER THOSE POWERS WERE NOT CHANGED. ON DECEMBER 11, 2011, CONGRESS CHANGED THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS ACT TO THE "NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) WHICH INCORPORATED MOST OF THE THE PRESIDENTIAL POWERS UNDER THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS ACT (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) BUT ADDED THE RIGHT OF THE MILITARY TO INCARCERATE AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT DECEMBER 31 2011. ALL THE PRESIDENTS AUTHORITY TO USE MILITARY FORCE FALL UNDER THE "NATIONAL EMERGENCY POWERS ACT ("NEPA"), THE " NATIONAL SECURITIES ACE JULY 26, 1947 (NSA), THE "INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT ("IEEPA"), THE "TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT (TWEA) AND NOW THE "NATIONAL DEFENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) 2012 WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE DECEMBER 31, 2011. ALL THESE EMERGENCY POWERS ACTS ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER GOING BACK TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THEY INCLUDE THE AUTHORITY FROM CONGRESS THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OFFER SHORE AGAINST ANY NATION. ON FEBRUARY 5 2012 PRESIDENT OBAMA ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WHICH UNDER NDAA AUTHORIZING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY UNTIL DECEMBER 30, 2012. NDAA ALSO ORDERED THE PROPER AUTHORITY TO EVALUATE THE MILITARY CAPABILITY OF IRAN, RUSSIA AND CHINA. (CLICK BELOW ON jtinnevada YouTube CHANNEL AND VIEW THE C-SPAN YouTube READING OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN CONGRESS FEBRUARY 6, 2012, BY THE CONGRESSIONAL READING CLERK.)