Presidential Emergency Action Documents, or PEADs, are secret, pre-planned presidential documents that respond to national emergencies. While few people know anything about these documents, they are not as scary as they sound. It is just good planning. Emergency powers are not in the Constitution, and no statute gives the President powers. More @Wikipedia
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