Will Obama Declare a State of Emergency to Avoid Impeachment?

Obama's Options on Default: Impeached If You Do, Impeached If You Don't


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What's interesting is that, if Congress doesn't act, Obama would be put into a position where he essentially has to break a law. Earlier this month, Business Insider quoted an analyst from Morgan Stanley, who pointed out three laws that, in the aftermath of a default, couldn't all be followed.

Saul Jackman of the Brookings Institution offers a third way: declare a state of emergency. "f laws allow the president to declare a national emergency and subsequently act unilaterally (i.e., without the explicit consent of Congress) to resolve that emergency, then the next question is, what constitutes an emergency?"

Get ready folks!