Posted on 07/25/2011 7:59:12 AM PDT by shield
Bill Clinton recently revealed that if he were in office now that he would “without hesitation” use the 14th Amendment to justify ignoring the congressional debt limit. He was less clear about whether he thought it was constitutional, claiming that he would force the courts to rule on the issue. Here’s how the former president framed his argument:
“I think the Constitution is clear and I think this idea that the Congress gets to vote twice on whether to pay for [expenditures] it has appropriated is crazy… [Lifting the debt ceiling] is necessary to pay for appropriations already made.”
This idea is the latest mutation of the outbreak of Presidential Gigantism that has afflicted the American left. The vaccine is found in Article 1 of the Constitution.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States…”
If the decision to add something to the budget in order to “provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States” automatically includes borrowing money to do it, then why are they separate in the text of the constitution? Why is spending in section 7, but borrowing and taxing in section 8? For that matter why is borrowing separated from taxing power if it’s all automatically included? Why does the text of the Constitution explicitly distinguish between taxes imposed “to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare”?
Mr. Former President, does it depend on what your definition of “and” is?
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Then the 14th gives the President the authority to declare war and borrow money to pay for it.
Why are we paying congressmen when they have no constitutional job to do?
According to Obama and Clinton the boiled down Constitution says - The President may do what he sees fit.
If Obama tried this, the Supreme Court would clearly find it to be unconstitutional, after the time it took to get the issue to the Supreme Court.
That means that all of the US debt issued during the time that Obama exercised this approach would be invalid.
Talk about ruining the US AAA rating, that would surely do it.
There’s a hidden clause in the 14th amendment that says quite clearly that it is to have the opposite effect of the Magna Carta. Power is given to the King instead of taken away.
There’s a hidden clause in the 14th amendment that says quite clearly that it is to have the opposite effect of the Magna Carta. Power is given to the King instead of taken away.
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Why, exactly?
It would be at the supreme court within days...
Does anyone besides me find this comment on the part of a past president a bit inappropriate? Obama should tell him to STFU with public comments.
Impeachable offense.
That's not correct and you know it. According to them, the Constitution say that "The President may do what he sees fit, but only if he is a Democrat."
Please get your facts straight. :>)
Some former presidents never go away. Bill Clinton never went away, Jimmy Carter never quite went away..............
It’s not the first impeachable offense...there is now a list of them...this could be the final one, if he is stupid enough to do it.
Tell Clinton to shut up? Obama needs Clinton to explain his actions every now and then when he gets in over his head. Which is becoming more and more frequently.
Yup, and that is what Billey Boy thinks. The war is the communists in Washington at war with it's people. He believes it. This whole Washington thing needs to be downsized or completely replaced. All hail King Obama, the communists black Muslim and his communists empire.
“Impeachable offense.”
Maybe Willie would like to whip out his pocket Constitution and explain the sections that cover impeachment to Barry :)
I think 0 is listening to Clinton and Clinton is out to destroy 0. This “change the goal posts at the last minute to destroy the deal” is the exact same move Clinton pulled in 1995. I think Clinton is egging on 0 to commit political suicide as pay back for beating Hillary in 2008
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