Posted on 07/29/2011 9:25:30 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) cited major civil rights victories as examples of successful presidential executive orders as evidence President Barack Obama should invoke the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling if Congress fails to do so. “He could do that [an executive order] with a stroke of a pen. We have seen many big things done in history that way,” Clyburn said on MSNBC’s “Jansing & Co.”
“I was joking to my staff the other day: ‘Tell me the bill number for the Emancipation Proclamation.’ It was an executive order. We integrated the armed services by executive order. We integrated the public schools by executive order. Sometimes executives must order that things get done.”
Clyburn added, “If the president gets up to Aug. 2 without a piece of legislation, he shoud not allow this country to go into default. He should sign an executive order invoking the 14th Amendment and send that to all the governmental agencies for us to continue to pay our bills.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
Above is a video from Napolitano basically saying this is impossible but we’ve seen Congress do all sorts of legal and illegal tricks (remember the healthcare bill shenanigans?) so who knows how it will play out.
He’s too stupid to be an idiot.
Epic fail...epic...
When elected officials publicly say something so contrary to the Constitution they should be tried for treason. He is violating his oath of office. He is an enemy of the Constitution and should be tried and if convicted, shot for treason.
The money flow is the life blood to a politician. The Conservative can survive but the Liberal is lost. The argument is that the Fed-Gov spends too much and the Dems are desperate to maintain that the Fed-Gov needs to keep spending at this current rate. Take this argument to the people.
That’s right Jimmy, let’s have the Kenyan guy continue to trample on OUR Constitution.
Lincoln didn’t free any slaves, with the possible exception of his wife’s pair. the emacipation proclamation only referred to slaves in state in open rebellion - where Lincoln had no authority. slavery ended with teh 14th ammendment, passed AFTER his death.
I think there is a very good chance Obama will do this if there’s no agreement. He’s been itching to become Dictator ever since he was elected. This could be his big chance to burn down the Reichstag.
Stamp Act of 1773
The word Unbefrickinlievable is becoming trite, but it fits these assclowns every time.
GO FOR IT KING OBAMA!!!!! That ought to cement your reelection chances.
Clyburn has been ready for a rubber room for a long time.
Lincoln issued the Proclamation under his authority as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy" under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution.[3] As such, he had the martial power to suspend civil law in those states which were in rebellion. He did not have Commander-in-Chief authority over the four slave-holding states that had not seceded: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. The Emancipation Proclamation was never challenged in court. To ensure the abolition of slavery everywhere in the U.S., Lincoln pushed for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Congress passed it by the necessary 2/3 vote in February 1865 and it was ratified by the states by December 1865.[4]
Note that the Emancipation Proclamation was a war-time effort, and only applied to states that were in rebellion against the Union, and thus did not apply to all the slaveholding states.
As far as I know, there are currently no US states in open armed rebellion against the United States, and thus the President has no CIC justification to invoke.
“This could be his big chance to burn down the Reichstag.”
If we’re going to play the banana republic game, it’s also a good opportunity for the 2nd Marine Division to head up I-95 and wipe out Washington DC.
And why is this tied so closely to so many race issues in his mind?
Because it is a PAYOFF for Obama’s black supporters.
Clyburn’s a Clymer?
who’da thought...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.