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To: Southack
Wrong. The executive branch is charged with enforcing federal laws. Anyway, Congress is limited in what it can legislate. The FAA for instance is an unconstitutional federal agency. Congress has no power of enforcement other than their power to enforce their own rules of procedure and conduct for members, except for their impeachment powers. They don't police their own ranks as they are supposed to either, BTW.

No offense intended, but you've never read the Constitution, have you? You're having a hard time understanding that The President can't delegate his war making powers to Congress or to the courts and the courts can't delegate their judiciary powers to Congress, and Congress cannot delegate legislative power to either of the other two branches. Somehow, I can't see that you even understand that there is a separation of powers in our system of government.

Read the document and cite me the pertinent Article and section which empowers any branch of the federal government to delegate its powers to another branch. Article I is the legislative article. Article II is the executive article, and Article III is the judiciary article. Remember, every power the federal government has is granted within the Articles and the amendments. Good hunting. I'll wait for you to do your research.

305 posted on 11/20/2001 4:07:56 PM PST by Twodees
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To: Twodees
"Amendment XIV
Section 5.

Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

NOTE: enforcing via appropriate legislation means delegation of Congressional power.

306 posted on 11/20/2001 6:56:18 PM PST by Southack
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To: Twodees
"The FAA for instance is an unconstitutional federal agency. Congress has no power of enforcement other than their power to enforce their own rules of procedure and conduct for members, except for their impeachment powers."

Rubbish.

Article 1.
Section. 8.

"Congress shall have the power to ... regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;"

"Congress shall have the power to ... make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

307 posted on 11/20/2001 7:06:22 PM PST by Southack
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To: Twodees
"The President can't delegate his war making powers to Congress or to the courts and the courts can't delegate their judiciary powers to Congress, and Congress cannot delegate legislative power to either of the other two branches."

Says who?

As supreme military commander, the President can vest ALL warmaking responsibility to a single general, or to a single civilian, or to a corporation, or to Congress, or to a Court (or whomever he/she desires at his/her whim to manage/conduct military affairs). There are no Constitutional limits to the President's military power. Congress can even grant letters of marque and reprisal such that common citizens are empowered to act on their own accords to attack and destroy the assets and armies of foreign powers.

Non-military courts are granted ALL of their power from Congress, and can be modified or disbanded at Congress' whim (with an exception to the Supreme Court itself). Their power rests solely in the hands of Congress, and Congress can form new courts subordinate to the Supreme Court at its whim, including making Congressmen or Congress itself the judges in said courts.

Military courts are subordinate to the President, who retains full authority over them, as well as full pardon authority for civilian courts.

308 posted on 11/20/2001 7:17:17 PM PST by Southack
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