Topic: Emergency Exceptions

The discussion draws historical parallels between the Biden administration's use of emergency powers and the emergency exceptions in the Weimar Constitution that facilitated the rise of the Nazi party. Robert Barnes argues that the U.S. Constitution deliberately lacks an emergency exception to prevent the "swallowing of the rule" of law. They critique the use of OSHA and CDC mandates as modern attempts to revive legal precedents used for forced sterilization and wartime detentions.