So, the Office of the President (government) has used the War Powers Act to invoke a State of Emergency... in keeping this nation in a continuous state of emergency will continuously undermine the limitations of government as set within the Constitution. Presidents have continuously in proclaimed a state of emergency in order to keep the power in the executive branch. One of the first things Obama did was to proclaim a national state of emergency.
(Do you remember what it was for? It was because of the flu pandemic that never materialized - as very few people had actually died from that._
In other words, "as long as this country remains at war, there will be an emperor in the White House" - Paul Craig Roberts