Smells Like Martial Law...

[dionysusdevotee]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

If I'm reading this correctly the president just gave the military resource allocation, including labor, priority over pretty much everything, regardless of state of emergency.

"Upon such approval, the Secretary of the resource department

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[dionysusdevotee]

Actually, reading it, and thinking back, what the resolution did was quite the opposite. It gave the President the authority to act militarily on U.N. resolutions without the approval of the UN

In the context of Saddam's regular violation of UN resolutions coupled with UN inaction, and in preparation for Bush taking his case to the UN this makes a lot more sense than congress ceding military powers to the UN. Something which even recently they've shown their disdain for.

as signed into law;
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ243/html/PLAW-107publ243.htm

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

(a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to use the Armed
Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and
appropriate in order to--
(1) defend the national security of the United States
against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council
resolutions regarding Iraq.