that is something that, in general, our laws and constitution really frowned on. because the founders knew that an army turning inward could become an instrument of tyranny. but this law is really in exception that gives the president tremendous exceptional powers to address not only insurrections. but also to address domestic violence, which is not. and not defined to the spirit and frankly archaic language. that has not been updated in 150 years. keeps the president a deterrent authority. again what it needs is more specific definitions and checks and balances. some provision for congress in the courts to step in if the president overreaches. elizabeth gray teen, co director of the liberty and national security program at the brennan center for justice. that was both terrifying and incredibly clear. thank you very much for joining us. it s a pleasure to have you
they are our emergency powers that allow these things. so, congress can be thinking about ways to rename some of these emergency powers but also the basic check that congress should be able to shut down and abuse of emergency powers by the president. right now, the only way but that the president can do that are there are better ways to do that, allowing an emergency declaration to stand. or to terminate at that point if congress has not improve the declaration. and that is part of some legislation that s improved and one thing that s important is the insurrection act. that would allow the president to deploy federal troops to act as a domestic police force. that is something that, in general, our laws and constitution really frowned on. because the founders knew that