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Actually no....

Depending on the needs of that emergency, people may be arrested without cause, private places may be searched without warrant, or private property may be seized without immediate compensation or a chance to prior appeal.
The courts in the United States are often very lenient in allowing almost any action to be taken in the case of such a declared emergency.


No. American law generally doesn't allow for these things even with a declaration of emergency.


Why capital letters, rather than lower-case state of emergency? Michael Hardy 23:28 26 May 2003 (UTC)


Okay, I want to know your source for this, because every court case I ever read makes exceptions for all kinds of things because of it is necessitated by an emergency. So, I am just taking out any reference until you give some sort of cite. I don't have the time to actually cite things. Are you a lawyer? PhatJew


I looked up habeas corpus and it discusses the suspension of rights during an emergency. So, I am putting the stuff about suspension of constitutional rights back in. PhatJew

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