Originally posted by IMAdamnALIEN
We are sooooooooooo screwed
What's next, martial law?
Bush is EVIL!
Originally posted by mecheng
Looks like he's setting himself up for his third term.
Woah, woah, chill!
Using mecheng's link, and the executive order, we can get to the bottom of this!
Originally posted by bamaoutlaw
what does this mean?
Using mecheng's link here,
www.fpc.state.gov... , we get:
The National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President
to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be
used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President’s declaration and the activated authority being sought.
Therefore, we can conclude that the President has to specify exactly what "emergency powers" he is using, meaning, it's in this Executive order.
www.whitehouse.gov... , as the OP, bamaoutlaw posted.
This is the part after the declaration of the emergency and the explanation why which states exactly what is being ordered as a result:
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in statutes or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, the following are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
all property and interests in property of North Korea or a North Korean national that, pursuant to the President's authorities under the TWEA, the
exercise of which has been continued in accordance with section 101(b) of Public Law 95-223 (91 Stat. 1625; 50 U.S.C. App. 5(b) note), were blocked as
of June 16, 2000, and remained blocked immediately prior to the date of this order.
Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in statutes or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, United States persons may not register a
vessel in North Korea, obtain authorization for a vessel to fly the North Korean flag, or own, lease, operate, or insure any vessel flagged by North
Korea.
Sec. 3. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Basically, it's just prohibiting people in the United States from dealing with North Korea.
Nothing exciting here.
[edit on 27-6-2008 by Johnmike]
