Constitution Gives House of Reps the "Weapon" to Destroy ObamaCare

The New American ^ | 10/4/2013 | Joe Wolverton II, JD

[IbJensen]

America. Currently being governed by a gang of damned liars representing two political parties incestuously engaged.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

So......then.....Sign & Endorse the Lee/Cruz “Defund Obamacare” Petition right now by the millions....and see how quickly the politicians of both parties wipe Obamacare off the map!!! Do it....TODAY!!!

WWW.DONTFUNDOBAMACARE.COM

[saganite]

Obamacare has language in the bill that automatically funds it. There’s no requirement for the House to provide funding. The only way to remove funding is for the a house to pass a bill defunding it, then Senate approval and signature by Obama. Good luck with that.

[AliVeritas]

FYI, OT

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hhs-run-website-hacked-now-selling-nfl-jerseys-ugg-boots-armani-fragrances_759213.html

[dps.inspect]

Hind sight is 20-20... yah, there’s always a better path

[LostInBayport]

Didn’t George W. Bush signs a law passed by a Republican House and Senate that authorized a wall across our southern border?

Didn’t the democrat House that took over in 2009 defund that law?

Where was the ‘outrage’ then by those who clutch their pearls and suffer the vapors at the temerity of the House defunding Obamacare?

[LostInBayport]

signs = sign

[Liz]

US Constitution timeline / scholastic.com

May to September, 1787

A group of men, now known as the Founders, meet to discuss and write the U.S. Constitution.

The 4,543-word document explains how the country's new government will work. It is drafted in less than 100 days. Ben Franklin, George Washington, and James Madison are among the 55 delegates responsible for the document. More than 200 years later, the Constitution remains the highest law of the United States.

September 17, 1787 --- The U.S. Constitution is signed.

Some feared the original Constitution gave the federal government too much power. They demand that changes to the Constitution be made to protect the basic liberties of the people. The first 10 changes to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.

December 15, 1791 --- The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, is ratified.

Among the many liberties guaranteed under the Bill of Rights are the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, and the freedom of religion.

Over time, 17 more amendments will be added to the Constitution....from 1795-1992.

[DJ MacWoW]

One Congress cannot bind a future Congress.

[Caipirabob]

A farcical pretend "law" passed through bureaucratic deception with no support from over half the country that essentially legalizes tyranny will not endure the rejection of the people of this nation.

They say only 40-50% of the colonists actively participated in the revolutionary war. That turned out badly for the tyrants. Over half the country and soon to be more reject obama and obamacare.

With the nation actively protesting Obamacare, it will not survive for long. It will be torn apart in short order.

The problem with the left is that they don't learn from history and they can't do math. A sure way to live in perpetual pain and disappointment.

And that's fine by me.

[Liz]

Obamacare might be ripe for a RICO action. NOTE:
anybody can file a RICO. How-to's are all over the web.

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Checks And Balances--The Constitutional Structure For
Limited And Balanced Govt---to guard the people's liberty against govt power.

The Constitution was devised with an ingenious and intricate built-in system of checks and balances to guard the people's liberty against combinations of government power. It structured the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary separate and wholly independent as to function, but coor­dinated for proper operation, with safeguards to prevent usurpations of power. Only by balancing each against the other two could freedom be preserved, said John Adams.

Another writer of the day summarized clearly the reasons for such checks and balances:

• "If the LEGISLATIVE and JUDICIAL powers are united, the MAKER of the law will also INTERPRET it (constitutionality).

• Should the EXECUTIVE and LEGISLATIVE powers be united... the EXECUTIVE power would make itself absolu te, and the government end in tyranny.

• Should the EXECUTIVE and JUDICIAL powers be united, the subject (citizen) would then have no permanent security of his person or property.

"INDEED, the dependence of any of these powers upon either of the others ... has so often been productive of such calamities... that the page of history seems to be one continued tale of human wretchedness." (Theophilus Parsons, in ESSEX RESULTS)

What were some of these checks and balances believed so important to individual liberty? Several are listed below:

• HOUSE (peoples representatives) is a check on SENATE - no statute becomes law without its approval.

• SENATE is a check on HOUSE - no statute becomes law without its approval. (Prior to 17th Amendment, SENATE was appointed by State legislatures as a protection for states' rights - another check the Founders provided.)

• EXECUTIVE (President) can restrain both HOUSE and SENATE by using Veto Power.

• LEGISLATIVE (Congress - Senate & House) has a check on EXECUTIVE by being able to pass, with 2/3 majority, a bill over President's veto.

• LEGISLATIVE has further check on EXECUTIVE through power of discrimination in appropriation of funds for operation of EXECUTIVE.

• EXECUTIVE (President) must have approval of SENATE in filling important posts in EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

• EXECUTIVE (President) must have approval of SENATE before treaties with foreign nations can be effective.

• LEGISLATIVE (Congress) can conduct investigations of EXECUTIVE to see if funds are properly expended and laws enforced.

• EXECUTIVE has further check on members of LEGISLATIVE (Congress) in using discretionary powers in decisions regarding establishment of military bases, building & improvement of navigable rivers, dams, interstate highways, etc., in districts of those members.

• JUDICIARY is check on LEGISLATIVE through its authority to review all laws and determine their constitutionality.

• LEGISLATIVE (Congress) has restraining power over JUDICIARY, with con­stitutional authority to restrict extent of its jurisdiction.

• LEGISLATIVE has power to impeach members of JUDICIARY guilty of treason, high crimes, or misdemeanors.

• EXECUTIVE (President) is check on JUDICIARY by having power to nominate new judges.

• LEGISLATIVE (Senate) is check on EXECUTIVE and JUDICIARY having power to approve/disapprove nominations of judges.

• LEGISLATIVE is check on JUDICIARY - having control of appropriations for operation of federal court system.

• LEGISLATIVE (Peoples Representatives) is check on both EXECUTIVE and JUDICIARY through power to initiate amendments to Constitution subject to approval by 3/4 of the States.

• LEGISLATIVE (Senate) has power to impeach EXECUTIVE (President) with concurrence of 2/3, of members.

• The PEOPLE, through their State representatives, may restrain the power of the federal LEGISLATURE if 3/4 of the States do not ratify proposed Constitu­tional Amendments.

• LEGISLATIVE, by Joint Resolution, can terminate certain powers granted to EXECUTIVE (President) (such as war powers) without his consent.

• It is the PEOPLE who have final check on both LEGISLATIVE and EX­ECUTIVE when they vote on their Representatives every 2 years, their Senators every 6 years, and their President every 4 years. Through those selections, they also influence the potential makeup of the JUDICIARY.

It is up to each generation to see that the integrity of the Constitutional structure for a free society is maintained by carefully preserving the system of checks and balances essential to limited and balanced government. "To preserve them (is) as necessary as to institute them," said George Washington.

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Footnote: Our Ageless Constitution, W. David Stedman & La Vaughn G. Lewis, Editors (Asheboro, NC, W. David Stedman Associates, 1987) Part III: ISBN 0-937047-01-5

http://www.nccs.net/articles/ril31.html

[saganite]

It’s in the law itself. The law would have to be changed.

[seowulf]

Why have the people’s representatives surrendered their power to protect the people from this unjust and unsalutary measure?

Could it that they're not the people's representatives after all?

[bandleader]

That”Secret Weapon”is”The Power Of The Purse”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BenLurkin]

There is only one party in DC. The Party of Government.

[DJ MacWoW]

No. Nothing a previous Congress passes binds a future Congress. Please look it up.

[Vaduz]

Indeed “comply with Obamacare or we will stop existing funding”.

[bgill]

The Constitution gave them the requirements for POTUS but they didn’t use those either.

[saganite]

That’s what I mean when I say the law would have to be changed by congress to make it a part of the budgetary process. Until then it’s running on autopilot because it was written that way.

[Sirius Lee]

Since all bills of revenue must originate in the House, and since no sitting Congress is beholden to keep forever the laws passed by the previous Congress, why isn't the GOP majority Congress simply lowervig the individual mandate "tax" to zero?

Just pass a budget wherein obamneycare remains, but the individual mandate tax is now $0.00. It lets the libs keep obamneycare - just sans the current tax rate.