Posted on 02/10/2014 5:23:42 PM PST by Nachum
Submitted by Ron Paul of the Ron Paul Institute,
President Obama’s state of the union pledge to “act with or without Congress” marks a milestone in presidential usurpation of Congressional authority. Most modern presidents have used executive orders to change and even create laws without Congressional approval. However President Obama is unusually brazen, in that most Presidents do not brag about their plans to rule by executive order in state of the union speeches.
Sadly, his pledge to use his pen to implement laws and polices without the consent of Congress not only received thunderous applause from representatives of the president’s party, some representatives have even pledged to help Obama get around Congress by providing him with ideas for executive orders. The Constitution’s authors would be horrified to see legislators actively aiding and abetting a president taking power away from the legislature.
Executive orders are perfectly legitimate and even necessary if, in the words of leading Constitutional Scholar Judge Andrew Napolitano, they “…. guide the executive branch on how to enforce a law or…complement and supplement what Congress has already done.” The problem is that most modern presidents have abused this power to issue orders that, as Judge Napolitano puts it, “restates federal law, or contradicts federal law, or does the opposite of what the federal law is supposed to do.”
Political opponents of the president rightly condemned Obama for disregarding the Constitution. However, it was not that long ago that many of the same politicians were labeling as “unpatriotic” or worse anyone who dared question President Bush’s assertions the he had the “inherent” authority to launch wars, spy on Americans, and even indefinitely detain American citizens.
Partisan considerations also make some members of the opposition party hesitate to reign in the president. These members are reluctant to set a
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I’d take Paul over the last 4 loser presidents anyday!Bush 1,Clinton,Bush 2 and Obama.They all stunk up the whitehut!No new taxes,Nafta,more wars and big debt from Obama!Pottersville is here.
Why would they do that?
They’re working for amnesty.
They’re very busy
I’m a late “baby boomer” (born 1960) and my father was a depression kid who went on to fight in World War II, Korea and early Vietnam. My grandfather was drafted for World War I but never left Camp Dodge, where I was on a Selective Service draft board about 70 years later.
I don’t care how many bee-ess college degrees you have, because all “education” today consists of is pumping and dumping information onto multiple-choice tests and occasionally faking a short-answer or occasional paper. That isn’t education. That’s beta pack animals learning the gestures of submission to the alpha.
You’re AWFULLY NEW HERE to be going up against Olog-hai. Although he’s not “class of 1998” he’s proven himself here. Tread lightly.
And you, you have had lots of microphones in your face for several years same ole dribble.
Sorry,I’ve been here since 1999 but I do come and go if it’s alright with the NEWBIES.
PAUL’S A KOOK! PAUL’S OFF HIS MEDS!
What does that make obama?Your DADDY?
If not you, Senator, who?
I’d love to see someone get elected president that, upon swearing in, will close down nearly every federal agency/department, and terminate all of their employees. During their four years in office, they’ll veto each and every bill passed out of Congress, unless they are repealing a law. Instead of living in Washington, they’ll fly back home after the Inauguration and sit around playing video games.
There’s nothing preventing his boy the senator from filing a suit against an executive diktat he believes violates the law or intent of Congress. There are an increasing number of opportunities (alas).
It was the regular patriotic American who stepped up and stopped Hitler.
It will be the same with Obama. (Well, with tremendous help from God.)
Yeah! I'd love to have our Right to Keep and Bear Arms up for review and approval by today's Congress! I'm sure we can all trust the Leftist 'Rats and the gutless Pubbies to do the right thing and reaffirm our rights, right? /sarc
A Con Con would be the worst thing that could happen. Do you really want the likes of Schumer, Reid and Swinesein deciding which of your rights you can keep, and which taxpayer funded giveaway programs are going to be declared "rights"? Even doing nothing would be better than a Con Con.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
What is one to do about it ?
You can sue him and maybe 5-6 years later, you get a judgement in your favor.
You can ask the FBI to arrest him, except he controls the FBI.
You can try to impeach him, but we don’t have the votes.
You can disobey, but the swat team will arrest you.
You can tried and armed insurrection but the NSA will nip that in the bud before you can get critical mass to pull it off.
Americans are sleeping while their federal and local governments disarm them.
SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZE!The to busy crowd!
Yeah, if you don’t tow the line the old folks get grouchy with you.
Gee,I’m old but I do stand up for what’s right and Ron Paul was right on the $$$.
We have a go along to get along WORTHLESS congress full of DEADBEATS leading the country to POTTERSVILLE with an insane president.
I wish I had a five dollar bill for every time I've heard that story. I'd go buy a nice used car.
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