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The US produces more oil today than any other country, and there is no clear emergency on the scale of the energy crises of the 1970s. But there are some causes for concern.
While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.
President Joe Biden has pledged sweeping action on climate change but struggled to deliver it. A legal scholar explains why a national emergency declaration should be a last resort.
Biden said the Defense Production Act would help end the shortage by directing suppliers of baby formula to prioritize delivery to formula manufacturers.
Declaring an issue is a national emergency lets presidents act quickly and with few constraints. But once they get this kind of power, it’s hard to take it back – and it can produce bad policies.
From Julius Caesar to Adolf Hitler, history is replete with examples of emergency powers being used to damage the very constitutional order they were designed to protect.
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Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, North-West University
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Business, University of Michigan
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State