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It was only suspended in Hawaii. Since the consbreastution specifically allows suspension under certain circumstances, so that can't be counted as a power grab.

But not the power to impose them. Nixon imposed wage and price controls in 1972. There has, on a couple of occasions since then, been talk of gas rationing. And the government's power to regulate the economy in general has not shrunk since the war.

During the Korean war, steel workers threatened a strike, and Truman seized the steel mills to prevent it. In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, known as the Steel Seizer Case, the Supreme Court held that action invalid. See

Have you noticed how hard the administration is trying not just to extend the Patriot Act but to make it permanent? Do you really think it will be possible to repeal it when the 'war' is over if it does become permanent? For that matter, do you really think the 'war' will ever end? There will always be people out there who want to hurt us, so the government will claim that it always will need those powers, and a whole bunch more, besides. For our own good, of course.

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