Posted on 07/22/2011 12:34:54 PM PDT by lbryce
Two years after he dramatically expanded the scope of so-called policy czars, President Obama this year quietly scrapped some of the most controversial posts, tamping down what had been a simmering constitutional fight with Congress.
Thanks to what the White House says is a reorganization, czars no longer oversee health care or climate change policy, though less-visible officials such as cybersecurity czar and Gulf Coast claims czar, among others, are still on the job.
But even as Capitol Hills objections have been overshadowed by other fights between the executive and legislative branches over the nations borrowing limit and the NATO-led operation in Libya, that doesnt mean congressional scrutiny of executive branch czars has vanished.
Last month, the Senate fell 13 votes short on an amendment to eliminate the salaries of White House policy czars and thwart any attempts by Mr. Obama to appoint more without the chambers consent.
Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican and the amendments sponsor, said the measure was essential to ensure constitutional accountability. Opponents dismissed it as a partisan attempt to undermine the presidents authority to organize his own staff.
Analysts say its not surprising that concerns about White House czars persist, even after Mr. Obamas April reshuffling of top staff positions through executive order.
I think its legitimate to be concerned about it, because you dont always know what these people are doing you dont know if theyre coordinating or directing, said James P. Pfiffner, a George Mason University public policy professor who has testified before Congress on the issue.
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They probably haven’t been completely eliminated. I suspect most of them have merely been demoted from “Czar” to “Grand Duke”.
He doesn't REALLY intend to stop ruling like an authoritarian. He is merely making cosmetic changes so his fellating media will talk about how he has "grown while on the job" and use these cosmetic actions as evidence.
The same thing is happening with his so-called "compromise" with Boehner.
Never forget: he is a liar.
The Constitution has been undermined for decades with the welfare-state culture that has been created. Winning elections isn’t enough because of the cultural institutions that liberals have used for decades to circumvent obstacles to their agenda, and the use of Czars is only one of them.
Activist judges, executive Czars, affirmative action lawsuits, and social programs have all been used to erode the separation of powers and federalism to nothing more than empty words. Fortunately they’ve seemed to exhausted themselves to the point of collapse, but we’ve got our work cut out to reclaim the government, media, academia etc.
Cool, once they are officially recognized as unconstitutional, we can ignore all past czar dictates.
OUCH!
I think my eyes are bleeding after that post!
“(Constitutionality of Czars Questioned)”
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Have you seen any WASPs in Obama’s czardom or on his Supreme Court? We WASPS are still the most numerous demographic in the USA yet we get no appointed representation or a seat at the table. Representation is at the heart of democracy and I’m tired of being the underdog. Like it or not we are all tribal in nature.
Steve “the rat” Rattner
the Car Czar
is about as waspish as can be
waspish maybe....but he is no WASP.
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