Supreme Court justice's dire 1952 warning has come true: legal scholar

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By Daniel Hampton
Published April 14, 2026 8:12 PM ET

A Harvard-trained legal scholar sounded the alarm Tuesday that President Donald Trump has fulfilled a chilling Supreme Court prophecy from 1952 in which a justice warned that emergency powers, left unchecked, would "kindle emergencies."

Writing in Lawfare, Ben Diamond, a fellow at the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy, argued that Trump's second term has shattered historical norms around the use of emergency authority.

And Congress is powerless to stop it.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-emergency-powers-2676717589/

I wish the Mr. Diamond would have added that since Roberts and the 5 other maga minions on the bench gave this guy immunity, they have this on there hands and now the entire country and the world is paying for it.................end of story ...........

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1. Congress isn't powerless - that is to say Republicans in the House could stop this shitshow at once.

They don't want to apparently. They are all as guilty as their leader.

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2. Correct..............they literally have blood on there hands..............

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5. Incorrect - they literally have blood on "their" hands

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3. I Hope That Immunity Decision Comes Back to Haunt Them

Would it be a possible reason to impeach them?

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4. I think it would be kind a tough................but they can be brought back in to explain themselves .................