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2018/08/16 11:55:37
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Can anyone clarify what exactly a government does when a country declares this?
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2018/08/16 12:04:47
Subject: Re:What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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[DCM]
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one would assume that this would vary according to whatever guidelines had been established in law previously and therefore vary from country to country.
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2018/08/16 12:09:43
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Fixture of Dakka
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It'll depend on the country (or possibly in the US, the state) in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency
Basically, it lets the government suspend some laws, civil liberties, etc. For example, declaring curfews, deploying military forces, restricting travel and media activity, restrictions on the right to trial by jury (or any trial at all), that sort of thing.
In the case of the UK, it comes under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
The last time a state of emergency was declared in the UK, IIRC, was the Three-Day Week in 1974.
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2018/08/16 12:11:07
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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Depends on the country:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency
Italy is not listed though. I assume this is related to the bridge collapse.
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2018/08/16 14:50:43
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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licclerich wrote:Can anyone clarify what exactly a government does when a country declares this?
In the US, a state of emergency is typically declared by the state authority (governor). It opens up some powers and avenues for help, depending on what the problem is: in a state of civil unrest or disaster, it allows the governor to deploy the national guard to assist (normally the military in the US is strictly prohibited from policing the general populace).
It also opens up lanes of federal assistance, such as FEMA, disaster aid, and things like that.
There also are state of emergencies that can be declared by the federal government via the President. These are more rare and not at all for what you would think - the above functions for massive civil unrest or natural disasters nationally are covered by the Insurrection Act. It's more for various blocking of aid and suchlike to state actors because they did someone we don't like..
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2018/08/16 15:09:03
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Multispectral Nisse
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“Good people are quick to help others in need, without hesitation or requiring proof the need is genuine. The wicked will believe they are fighting for good, but when others are in need they’ll be reluctant to help, withholding compassion until they see proof of that need. And yet Evil is quick to condemn, vilify and attack. For Evil, proof isn’t needed to bring harm, only hatred and a belief in the cause.” |
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2018/08/16 15:50:27
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Although the law today is different to that in the 1980s when that was filmed ...
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2018/08/20 06:57:17
Subject: What happens when a goverment declares a state of emergency?
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Posts with Authority
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It depends on the degree of emergency.
It may just be stuff like 'conserve water, keep blankets nearby, stay indoors, stock up on canned food and batteries' or something like that.
It could mean that disaster relief is inbound, to various degrees or even a military (national guard in the US sometimes) presence.
Curfews sometimes, etc.
It's a pretty vague thing, it all depends on what's happened. As I said, it could be anything from having people buy some extra bottled water and canned food... to having armed troops in the streets.
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