Anyone who believes the president has to sit back and allow the country to be attacked by our enemies because the congress wont act, is a left wing loon.
The constitution is not a suicide pact. If congress wont act to stop an attack that has the potential of destroying our very existence as a country, then the president can act to preserve our country.
The presidents first duty is to preserve our country regardless of what some treasonous SOB’s in congress might have to say about it.
Anyone who thinks the federal government is the end-all and be-all of our protections is a fool.
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Every State has one of these provisions;
The Texas Constitution
Article 4 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 7 - COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MILITARY FORCES; CALLING FORTH MILITIA
He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, except when they are called into actual service of the United States. He shall have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.
The Governors of the respective States are CICs of State forces. They would be the FIRST boots on the ground in the even of an attack..... NOT the feds.
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This is the extent of the federal CIC's power;
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;
when called into the actual Service of the United States means just that.
Unless and until the Constitutional provisions are met, the President has no legitimate authority to take action.
We elect Presidents, not KINGS!
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Now...unless you have some type of Constitutional, historical or legal evidence of some kind to present in order to prove your position, I bid you good day.
I enjoy a good discussion, but this you're-wrong-because-I-say-so crap is a TOTAL waste of my time.