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Obama keeps showing why he's impeachable: Nat Hentoff
wnd ^ | 1/28/14 | Nat Hentoff

Posted on 01/28/2014 5:14:27 PM PST by Nachum

Here is James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 51: “In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.”

He went even further: “It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.”

But here comes our commander in chief, who customarily tosses the separation of powers into the nearest wastepaper basket. Dig this recent headline from bizpac.com, which summed up Barack Obama’s approach to passing legislation in 2014: “‘I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone’: Obama says he’ll run right over Congress this year” (Michael Dorstewitz, Jan. 15).

Now Obama has been publicly glorifying the extent of his seemingly boundless executive powers, as Justin Snow reported for Metro Weekly:

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hentoff; impeachable; impeachobama; obama; power
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To: MHGinTN

Impeachment is a political action, one that is almost never utilized. Ultimately, it is the only real check on the presidency. But it can be used only if there is sufficient support from the public. If the Republicans do manage to gain seats in the House in 1914, they should keep this arrow in their quiver.


21 posted on 01/28/2014 8:33:25 PM PST by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: RobbyS

IMHO the globalist masters checked Kennedy in 1963 ... and the US did not go on a government issued monetary system and remained indebted through the private banking system euphemistically known as the ‘federal reserve’.


22 posted on 01/28/2014 8:42:16 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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