What is so troubling about this is the fact that we are helpless. When they finally find a way to pass laws that enact socialialized medicine, we say oh well, it was passed in Congress so we lose. When they push every limit to get their gun controls into law, we do the same. This is not how this government was designed, it’s an evil distortion.
“No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. ... “
- Alexander Hamilton
The House should pass a resolution quoting just those words. Only, Boehner seems determined to rule with Democratic support. He has stopped going by the Hastert rule.
Trust Hamilton. He oughtta know.