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Crisis Governance in the Administrative State: 9/11 and the Financial Meltdown of 2008. Adrian Vermeule, November 1, 2008, Paper. “On September 11, 2001, a massive terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York killed over 3,000 Americans. The markets plunged, and airline firms reeled towards bankruptcy. Executive action and legislation followed, both to stabilize the markets and to counter terrorism. One result was seven years of debate about inherent executive power, the nature and quality of emergency lawmaking by Congress, and the risks, benefits and harms of government action…” Link