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Fact or Fiction: Every president since 1976 has declared an emergency?

Posted at 12:15 PM, Feb 19, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-20 16:39:38-05

Has every president since Jimmy Carter declared more than one national emergency?

Yes.

The Brennan Center for Justice has a list of the 58 emergencies presidents have declared since 1976, 31 of which are still in effect.