Posted on 06/13/2009 11:36:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nationalizing General Motors, and part of Chrysler, may or may not turn out to be a good deal for the taxpayers. I have a different concern, though: Was it constitutional?
With hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line, this may seem a churlish question. Then again, the temptation to bend the rules of democracy is always greatest in a crisis. It wasn't so long ago that a president claimed the power to do all sorts of questionable things -- from waterboarding to electronic surveillance -- because the country faced a crisis.
Bailing out Detroit is not in the same category, morally, as torture. Still, a presidential decision to federalize a vast sector of the U.S. economy affects the country's vital interests and, potentially, the rights of its citizens. Such an extraordinary measure should rest on the firmest possible foundation of democratic legitimacy. Does President Obama's rescue of GM and Chrysler meet the test?
The classic statement on such matters comes from Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's opinion in a case about another crisis-driven assertion of executive power: President Harry S. Truman's seizure of steel mills in 1952. Truman wanted to prevent a strike during the Korean War; the court blocked him. ad_icon
In Jackson's analysis, the president's power is at its "maximum" when he "acts pursuant to an express or implied authorization of Congress." The Obama administration argues that it has such authority today, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of Oct. 3, 2008. This law established the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the source of the $30 billion the Obama administration pumped into GM as well as the $8 billion it has committed to Chrysler.
The only problem is that the law doesn't give "express" authority to buy a car company.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Prior to W v. F, associate Justice of the Supreme Court James McReynolds remarked in 1935 that FDR was “Nero at his worst. As for the Constitution, it does not seem too much to say that it is gone.”
and why would that matters to these clowns
...If we all ignore that Congress explicitly voted down a bailout of the auto industry, a few hours before Bush did the "too big to fail" speech and wrote a check anyway.
Exactly and I would say illegal as hell.
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A Million Man March on Washington is being organized!
Join Dr. Orly Taitz at the Million Man March Sept.12-13
Anti-Obama organizations are being united at Freedoms First
http://www.freedomsfirst.org/
for a ‘million man’ march on Washington. http://www.resistnet.com/ is joining with a reported half a million sign up already!
The permit is secured- AND ALREADY almost A MILLION AMERICANS HAVE SIGNED UP!
This is the only way we will ever get the attention of our elected officials, the MSM and the masses- protest!
From the FreedomsFirst website:
We are moving forward on our rally in Washington D C.
We are working non stop in preparations for this historical event to be held Sept 12-13 2009 at the Lincoln Memorial Reflections pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
As for the time, The million man march that took place a few years age took over 2 years to organize, we are trying to push this through as fast as we can.
To protest in DC you have to have a permit and have approval to use a certain piece of land.
We called ahead of filing for these things. September 12 &13 were the next available days they had.
The other organization, resistnet.com, which was putting together a march for May 30, didn’t do this so they were refused their permit. Now they are joining with our group. So, we are doing this absolutely as soon we can.
To have a successful march takes time and organization.
Why are we protesting ?
1. To get the attention of the mainstream media.
2. To demand That Obama Provide proof that he is eligible to be president.
3. To demand that Congress and the Supreme court uphold our constitution.
4. To inform the public on the issue of Obama’s ineligibility to be president of the USA.
5. To demand that they can not take our constitutional rights away.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE DEMAND THAT YOU BE TRANSPARENT NOW
We will come together in a peaceful rally.
We are proud Americans who fear that we are losing the America we all know and love.
The America where millions have served in our military sacrificing their lives so that we remain free.
A people who honor their flag and understand what it means to fly it and are so proud to do so.
It is time for our voices to be heard loud and clear. Our government is for the people and by the people.
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Lets take this action now before we awaken one morning and our freedoms are nothing more than a memory.
WE WILL BE UNITED- CHRISTIAN, JEW, BUDDHIST, HINDU, ATHEIST, BLACK AND WHITE.
WE WILL BE ONE- ONE OF MANY WHO STAND AS PATRIOTIC AMERICANS DEMANDING OUR VOICES BE HEARD.
We will be DEMANDING THAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE DEMAND THE TRANSPARENCY HE PROMISED !!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS US ON THIS RALLY.
WITH YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR HELP, IT WILL BE
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We ask you to wear RED, WHITE AND BLUE CLOTHING.
BRING YOUR FLAGS WAVE THEM HIGH.
SIGNS WILL BE PROVIDED- WE WANT TO GIVE THE GREATEST IMPRESSION OF WHO WE ARE AS WE WILL BE SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UNITED AND PEACEFUL AND WITH CONTROL
WE WILL LEAVE THE GROUNDS AS CLEAN AS THEY WERE GIVEN TO US.
Entertainment will be provided.
We are setting up a wonderful assortment of guest speakers, political and non political, prominent people and many surprises.
Major news networks, including CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. Resistnet.com will also attend.
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Doesn’t matter, he won.
The WaPo actually asked this question?
Wonders never cease.
I’ll never buy another American car again. I own an Expedition that I was planning to sell to buy a new truck. I’ll probably go w/ a Toyota or Nissan. No UAW contributions in the purchase price of those vehicles.
I’d rather buy American (I love my Expedition), it’s just that I do not want one penny of my money to go to the UAW.
“Doesn’t matter, he won.”
Isn’t it funny how when we had both chambers and the oval office we were told that we had to reach-out to the other side...compromise...b/c there were a lot of Americans who did not vote for republicans....
I say we vote these marxist maggots out, elect die hard conservatives, undo everything that the marxist maggots have done in the last 80 years, and tell all the whining idiots in the press to STFU because “we won”.
“Interesting that this is in the Washington Post. Sounds like more cracks in the Obama administration are beginning to arise.”
Yup. Wait till the Tarp money and the Fed get audited and we see how many cronies were paid off, I think that’s when it all its the fan. Hopefully just before the healthcare fiasco crashes and burns.
Hell no it’s not and he couldn’t care less about the Constitution and neither does the SCOTUS. Our entire government is a joke now. ALL BRANCHES.
Raich v Gonzales, 2005:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1454.ZD1.html
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United States v. Lopez, 1995:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1260.ZC1.html
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United States v. Morrison, 2000:
Clarence Thomas is a jewel. Laymen can read his opinions.
I can get myself choked up thinking how different our country would be if we actually had Constitutional jurists manning our courts these past 70 years.
Whatever you do, do not read Amity Shales’ “The Forgotten Man.” I give credit to FDR for leading us through WWII but will never forgive him, Harold Ickes and the courts for what they did to our law.
I’ve been reading “The Forgotten Man” by Amity Shlaes. The absolutely outrageous overreaches by Roosevelt are being mirrored by the Obama administration. I could just cry...
how is there even a question mark after this statement? HA! even the libs are beginning to quake in their boots...
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