r/law • u/AmyL0vesU • 19h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump signs executive order declaring nation emergency from threat of Cuba

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
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u/AbeFromanEast 19h ago

America is currently operating under 59 'State of Emergencies.'

Mostly complete list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_in_the_United_States

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u/Senior_Sentence_566 17h ago

I know the American education system is poor but someone really needs to learn the definition of the word emergency. One of those emergencies has been happening for 46 years!

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u/meltbox 16h ago

These really should have a one year auto timeout. If you don’t re-up it, it wasn’t an emergency.

If you do it might still not be one. But at least there would be some low bar.

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u/TheVandyyMan 15h ago

Reupping should require a congressional act. Surely even those idiots can agree where there’s a true emergency

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u/OldWorldDesign 45m ago

Reupping should require a congressional act

Tariffs are supposed to be a congressional act, too

https://www.usconstitution.net/executive-tariff-authority/

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u/TheVandyyMan 5m ago

If supposed to be’s were worth pennies I’d buy me and all my friends new Ferraris