remembering the ludlow amendment

Congress may otherwise by law provide for the enforcement of this section. . . ... He soon dropped this additional piece. . The war-referendum amendment was a stinking-bad idea, but it tapped into political movements of the time favoring isolationism, pacifism and populism. ..

john w. whitehead: beware the emergency state

Despite the many attempts by government leaders to claim broader powers for themselves during wartime, the Constitution allows for only one emergency power: “The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it”..

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