Originally posted by: Mark
He only needs one day to invoke the insurrection act.
Not sure, but I bet most constitutions allow for some sort of emergency executive power, marshal law, whatever. That's exactly what Adolph Hitler did, people don't realize that his dictatorship was pretty much consistent with German law at the time; he declared emergency powers after the burning of the Reichstag, and took things from there.
Yeah, it's cliche, but those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.