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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: We have specifically

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limited the time within which 2 shall apply when

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we say "during the period of any such emergency only".

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We try to hold it down so that you don't get a martial

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law situation where you just go on and on and there is

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no termination date as to when these suspensions come to

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an end.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher, could I

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illustrate your point by another question, and correct me

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if I an wrong.

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Is it contemplated the General Assembly could

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by law provide, for instance, that in an emergency judges,

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temporary judges could be appointed in some manner other

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than the manner provided in the constitution but could not

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deprive a citizen of his right to due process under the

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Declaration of Rights?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: That is correct, sir.

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We don't anticipate any allowance of invasion of personal

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freedoms or rights as a result of this particular section.

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This goes to the procedure for the operation of government