Now that a national emergency is declared, please read what Elizabeth Goitein’s great piece on what happens when a national emergency is declared. [It may very well be a perfect ripe for abuse.](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/)

Now that a national emergency is declared, please read what Elizabeth Goitein’s great piece on what happens when a national emergency is declared. It may very well be a perfect ripe for abuse. [theatlantic.com]