FEMA head reports ONLY to DHS head, who himself reports ONLY to POTUS. And in Declared Emergency such as this one FEMA becomes de facto government. If Gainor tells Milley (Trump hater) to dance a jig Milley must do it. FEMA calls ALL the shots.
And in this case ordered Miller to supply troops to beef up NG contingent. Miller acted on orders from FEMA, not on his own, the only exception to Stafford Act IIRC.
Yeah, I edited the post, but both Gaynor and Miller are good to go :-)
And Stafford Act is the issue, main reason it had to be FEMA ordering an emergency call up of active military. Have no idea what people are on up the thread, the level of bad info the past few days borders on insane. Military itself cannot operate on USA soil, per Stafford Act, but FEMA in play changes all of that.
NP, glad to help out. I kind of decided to cut off on posting, been trying to educate people in a number of threads where they just go way off tangent as it applies to laws and dream up wild fantasies, some even took my posts as "doomer". Just want to get through tomorrow, all that matters to me at this point, simply want t know where we all stand and how we proceed.
https://www.fema.gov/about/organization
FEMA head reports ONLY to DHS head, who himself reports ONLY to POTUS. And in Declared Emergency such as this one FEMA becomes de facto government. If Gainor tells Milley (Trump hater) to dance a jig Milley must do it. FEMA calls ALL the shots.
And in this case ordered Miller to supply troops to beef up NG contingent. Miller acted on orders from FEMA, not on his own, the only exception to Stafford Act IIRC.
https://sites.duke.edu/lawfire/2017/09/21/disasters-and-emergencies-legal-authorities-and-the-militarys-role/
Yeah, I edited the post, but both Gaynor and Miller are good to go :-)
And Stafford Act is the issue, main reason it had to be FEMA ordering an emergency call up of active military. Have no idea what people are on up the thread, the level of bad info the past few days borders on insane. Military itself cannot operate on USA soil, per Stafford Act, but FEMA in play changes all of that.
NP, glad to help out. I kind of decided to cut off on posting, been trying to educate people in a number of threads where they just go way off tangent as it applies to laws and dream up wild fantasies, some even took my posts as "doomer". Just want to get through tomorrow, all that matters to me at this point, simply want t know where we all stand and how we proceed.