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For example, the City Council could still impose a hiring freeze at the commission, or even intervene in its spending plans, if it found there were “exigent circumstances.”

Moreover, while the court acted with some dispatch in the immunity case, it was nowhere near as quick as in other exigent cases.

“Texas has demonstrated that even in the most exigent circumstances, it will not allow Border Patrol access to the border to conduct law enforcement and emergency response activities.”

Teachers also have academic freedom — within limits: “It is a fine balance sometimes but one that we are exigent about.”

Police can legally enter a structure without a warrant if there are “exigent circumstance” where someone’s life is in imminent danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.