When Everything Becomes a National Security Threat
- Declaring something a national-security matter can weaken normal legal rules because courts may defer to executive claims.
- The government reportedly invoked national security to justify proposed tariffs on trumpets, trombones, and tubas because they rely on foreign copper alloys.
- Sophie Hurwitz writes that President Trump uses post-2001 agencies and emergency powers against domestic dissidents and others he views as enemies.
- Congress has repeatedly given extraordinary powers to the executive branch during wars, terrorism concerns, emergencies, and national-security disputes.
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When Everything Becomes a National Security Threat
“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” ~ Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can make…
When Everything Becomes a National Security Threat - LewRockwell
“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” —Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can make constitutional restraints disappear—especially when the courts defer to claims of national s…
When Everything Becomes A National Security Threat » Sons of Liberty Media
“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” —Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can …
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