Geez, Lurker. You really DO need to look at the Trading with the Enemy Act. That thing is the REASON the Bushes launched the Sept 11 attacks. The 'emergency' it created allowed GWBush to enact 500 dormant clauses to give himself dictatorial powers. Those powers come from the Act and from Executive Orders. And a month later the pre-constructed Patriot Act was passed, destroying the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. Now they have more of the same ready to pass, so they're going to launch another terrorist attack. Yes...a 1917 law WILL stand up in court. Bush can order you killed just because he has gas, and it's all legal.