Building A New America With Jonathan Arias.

The Coronavirus has put societies around the world in perilous positions.  It’s infected millions of people and unfortunately killed thousands.  On top of the loss of life, it’s also caused economic turmoil and obliterated economies,  The U.S. now has the highest coronavirus death toll in the entire world.  And the virus has struck New York City the hardest and has concentrated the most in the borough of Queens, where I so happen to live.With deepening concern over how both the federal and local governments are handling this crisis, it brings us to a topic we covered in an episode last year about the Emergency Powers of the Executive branch and the President specifically. In light of this pandemic, I think it’s important that we examine this topic again. The Constitution is not explicit about what a President can do in an emergency.  However, the Oath that the president takes requires him to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.  Considering this oath, Presidents throu