Posted on 03/11/2012 1:40:07 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Let the president be duly warned.
Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., R-N.C., has introduced a resolution declaring that should the president use offensive military force without authorization of an act of Congress, “it is the sense of Congress” that such an act would be “an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor.”
Specifically, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution reserves for Congress alone the power to declare war, a restriction that has been sorely tested in recent years, including Obama’s authorization of military force in Libya.
In an exclusive WND column, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo claims that Jones introduced his House Concurrent Resolution 107 in response to startling recent comments from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
“This week it was Secretary of Defense Panetta’s declaration before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he and President Obama look not to the Congress for authorization to bomb Syria but to NATO and the United Nations,” Tancredo writes. “This led to Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., introducing an official resolution calling for impeachment should Obama take offensive action based on Panetta’s policy statement, because it would violate the Constitution.”
In response to questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., over who determines the proper and legal use of the U.S. military, Panetta said, “Our goal would be to seek international permission and we would … come to the Congress and inform you and determine how best to approach this, whether or not we would want to get permission from the Congress – I think those are issues we would have to discuss as we decide what to do here.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
“Voting him out is faster, neater and won’t cause too much fuss.”
Really? At the moment, the odds of that are NOT looking good.
But it’s certain we can’t survive a second term of the Wan.
Clinton was impeached by the House, but the Senate didn’t support it.
Correct because Clinton had been convicted of a crime.
“So I ask - what are ALL these Repubs so afraid of??? This is our republic at stake - and don’t they realize that most of their constituents are crying out for something to be done to stop BHO???”
Their salaries and perks are HUGE.....their pensions INSANE!
Face it.....they arranged for themselves to become The Ruling Class.....they no longer care about us. 4 or 5 good men out of hundreds won’t cut it!
That pus bag.
Anyway, I would surmise this is just a stunt by the RINO to further his primary chances.
Oops, I meant that the *1992* lines were declared unconstitutional (and judges drew new lines for 1994).
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