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1. www.brennancenter.org › dc-statehood-explainedDC Statehood Explained | Brennan Center for Justice

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   Mar 18, 2022 · While it might be appropriate for Congress to repeal the 23rd Amendment once most of DC becomes a state, the amendment’s existence in no way precludes admitting DC as a new state.

2. www.npr.org › local › 305/2021/01What It Feels Like To Live Under D.C.'s State Of Emergency

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   Jan 13, 2021 · On Monday evening, President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration in D.C. stretching from January 11-24, citing "emergency conditions" around the inauguration. It authorizes the feds to ...

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4. www.washingtonian.com › 2021/10/08 › mayor-bowserMayor Bowser Extended the City’s Public Emergency. What Does ...

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   Oct 8, 2021 · Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that DC’s Covid-focused public emergency will remain in place until January 7, 2022. The original public emergency order went into effect on March 11, 2020, which means the city has now been in a state of public emergency for 18 consecutive months.

5. www.npr.org › local › 305/2021/10D.C.'s 911 system struggles to pinpoint where emergencies are ...

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   Oct 20, 2021 · One reason dispatchers take too long to notify responding units of an emergency is they relay information verbally, using precious time spelling out the type of emergency and its location. The...

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   How did the President respond to an emergency?

   • Congress retroactively authorized the actions, establishing a dubious precedent: the President would make a response to an emergency at hand, a response that Congress or the Courts might have rejected in law but, nonetheless, became solidified through public support, implementation, and approval of the policy. ii. Statutory Emergency Powers

   A State of Emergency: The Unbridled Expansion of U.S. Presidential

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   Why are emergency powers necessary?

   • Emergency powers are necessary because Congress cannot act quickly in response to a crisis—Congressional bills can take months or years to become law. Therefore, the President may declare a state of emergency at his or her sole discretion to address circumstances that require an immediate response.

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   Why did Congress enact emergency laws?

   • Over the next 100 years, Congress enacted emergency statutes responding to military, economic, and labor emergencies. Many of these laws were standby meaning they could only be activated once the President had formally declared a state of emergency. i. Implied Emergency Powers

   A State of Emergency: The Unbridled Expansion of U.S. Presidential

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   Does the President have broad discretion under emergency statutes?

   • However, the accountability and reporting provisions have not been vigorously enforced and therefore do not adequately restrain the President’s broad discretion under emergency statutes. C. Over-broadness of Emergency Statutes Emergency statutes extend broad discretionary authority to the President.

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7. www.history.com › news › washington-dc-statehoodWhy Isn't Washington, D.C. a State? | HISTORY

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   Many statehood advocates have pointed out that there is no constitutional reason that D.C., a 68-square-mile city with a larger population than Wyoming and Vermont, cannot become a state.

8. training.fema.gov › emiweb › downloadsHow Communities and States Deal with Emergencies and ... - FEMA

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   A disaster recovery plan establishes the roles, responsibilities, policies, and procedures to be used by State and local governments during the short- and long-term phases of a disaster. The disaster recovery plan may be separate from the emergency operations plan or it may be an annex to it.

9. www.economist.com › the-economist-explains › 2021Why is Washington, DC not a state? - The Economist

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   Mar 19, 2021 · The Economist explains. Why is Washington, DC not a state? Residents of America’s capital lack representation in Congress and full control over their local government. Calls for statehood are...