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Can anybody answer some of my political questions?
I am just now starting to learn about politics and I'm very interested in learning and staying up to date about current events.. Can the president of the United States declare martial law and declare himself as a dictator ? Also I read an article with "Obama won't send troops to the Middle East".. Couldn't congress over rule Obama and send troops or declare war? I'm just trying to figure out how much control the president actually has.. Again I'm ignorant to all of this and these are questions that I'd be too embarrassed to actually ask out loud.
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- AmbistomaLv 75 years agoFavorite Answer
Good questions. What if Congress declares war, but the President disapproves?
It is typical for Presidents to implement security measures in times of war that wouldn't be accepted in times of peace. For instance, George W. Bush claimed the power to put anyone into Guantanamo Bay indefinitely without a court hearing on the grounds that he believed the person to be a "suspected terrorist". However, most of those prisoners were foreigners, and even the few U.S. citizens were Arabs and/or foreign-born. If he pushed too hard and tried to do that against political opponents (e.g. John Kerry) or even against large numbers of White Christians, he would have faced too much political & public backlash.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Yes. Presidents routinely declare martial law. I am writing to you from inside Gitmo.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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