Posted on 03/21/2025 5:16:21 PM PDT by george76
Article II, § 1, Sentence 1, .. “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” That’s pretty simple.. as the Supreme Court loves to say, “Black Letter Law.”
Further, in more words from the Court, it is “unqualified.” That means that all power in the Executive Branch belongs to Donald Trump. No “ifs,” “buts,” or “excepts.” “All” means “all.” Put bluntly, as long as he occupies the White House, every bureaucrat is obligated to do what he says.
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This isn’t complicated, and as push comes to shove, all the Supreme Court needs to do is look at the language of the Constitution. In every case, Trump wins.
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During the New Deal under FDR, the Supreme Court threw the entire concept of enumerated powers out the window. This was set in concrete with Helvering v. Davis (1937), which explicitly allowed Congress to use the General Welfare Clause to do almost anything it wanted to do with your tax dollars.
As for the President’s management powers, most of the questions are unanswered. Myers v. United States (1926) clarified that the President has the freedom to fire any official he nominated, and the Senate confirmed.
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For almost a century, Congress has felt free to create and fund lots of agencies and the cronies to operate them. This becomes a great feedback loop where more bureaucrats discover more “needs” for Congress to answer.
And with little or no pushback from anyone in the White House, the Federal Government and debt have exploded. Then a true outsider showed up. He was stymied by a Swamp more impenetrable and Dismal than he ever imagined.
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Until we return our government to one of limited, constitutionally enumerated powers, we will not have subdued the threat to liberty.
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Federal judges must be punished if they violate our constitution and interfere.
They weaken The President on the world stage. And by doing so endanger us all. Especially, right now with our nation involved in trying to prevent WWIII. These judges are pure evil.
The correct answer, then, is then to strip those powers from the federal government. Problem solved.
Looks like it's high time we redefine the term "hanging judge". (robe and all)
The President has plenary authority over the executive branch. That means he and his executors (cabinet secretaries, etc.) have the presumption of innocence. When the courts start with a presumption of guilt and when they claim the power of arbitrary judicial oversight then they’ve effectively usurped the executive power of the president.
Any judicial oversight of the executive branch must be predicated on reasonable suspicion that the executive branch has exceeded its powers. And it must be instigated by a third party. They have no right to independently review or interfere with decisions made by the executive.
The courts were not meant to be an independent power. Their role is that of arbiters. They’re supposed to adjudicate disputes between parties, not be a party unto themselves. Any judicial ruling that restricts the executive branch has to stem from compelling evidence that it has exceeded its powers, not merely suspicion that it might have done so.
Well stated.
The word “vested”, as meant and understood in the 18th century, establishes supreme lead no others can infringe upon, alter or question. Just as it does today.
Where to start with correct interpretation of Constitution?
I suggest Rights vs Privilegess.
Everyone has Rights..Speech,press, religion, etc.
Not everyone has the same privilege. It is a privilege to live in the US. I was privileged to be born in the US. I support more immigrants to the US than most here. But immigrants to not have the right to be here. It is a privilege.
Whe my illegal immigrant wife got papers. She and I signed papers that she would never become a ward of the state.
I suggest that should be extended. No immigrant .. neither naturalized citizen nor legal nor illegal should receive any welfare state privilege.
I’ve always thought that judges act as if they are Gods. They, too, IMO, should never have lifetime jobs.
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