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Does the Federal Government have the legal authority to take
control and directly rule the United States? The shocking answer
is YES. The U.S. military action in Yugoslavia and the Middle
East could trigger certain federal statutes and presidential
executive orders which would empower a national takeover. Check
these facts for yourself.
Executive Power Over “Energy”
Congress in 1950 gave the President the power "to allocate
materials, services, and facilities ... to such extent as he
shall deem necessary or appropriate to promote the national
defense." Under this Defense Production Act, the President
"by rule or order" may "control the distribution" of goods and
services in the civilian sector, so long as he issues a "finding"
that these things are "scarce, critical, and essential" to
maintain or expand the "energy supplies" of the nation.
To invoke this power, the President must make a "finding."
A finding is just a paper document that gives explanations.
The President can authorize his cabinet Secretaries to
independently wield his power. Executive Order 12919 gave key
cabinet Secretaries the legal authority to "allocate materials,
services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to
promote the national defense." The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will resolve any conflicts between the
edicts of these appointed commissars.
Executive Power over "Foreign" Interests
Congress gave the President more power with the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Under this IEEPA,
the President may issue regulations to "investigate, regulate,
direct and compel, nullify ... any acquisition, holding, ... use,
transfer, ... [or] transactions involving any property in which
any foreign country or [citizen]" has an interest. Under this
Act, huge industries can be halted, and private property
"frozen" -- merely because a targeted foreign national
owns some small part of that industry or property.
The President can exercise these IEEPA powers "to deal with
any unusual and extraordinary threat" to the national security or
economy, if that threat in any way comes from outside the U.S.
The President simply declares a "national emergency" and he gets
these sweeping powers. Whatever the President deems to be an
"unusual and extraordinary threat" will be enough to justify his
use of the IEEPA.
Executive Order for "Emergency Preparedness"
Under Executive Order 11490, the President can take control
of nearly every industry, resource, facility and person in the
United States. This concentration of powers in the hands of
the President was originally explained by the threat of "a
massive nuclear attack." A nuclear attack is not necessary,
however. To implement this Order, there needs only to be a
"national emergency type situation" and an act of Congress or an
"order or directive issued by the President."
This Order directs all of the Cabinet Departments and the
major agencies to develop plans to control their respective
function areas. Banking and financial markets, electric and
atomic power, communications, transportation, agriculture, health
care and labor all fall under federal control. The plans are
already developed -- now all they need is an "emergency."
Stay Alert, Stay Armed
We can’t blame one president or one political party for the
federal power grab. These laws and orders stretch over decades.
To deter federal power abuse, every peaceful freedom-loving
citizen should own a serious firearm and be adequately trained.
Only individual citizens, knowledgeable about their rights, armed
individually and united in action, can prevent a potential
federal takeover.
50 U.S. Code Appendix § 2071(a)-(c).
About the author, Richard Stevens
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