Posted on 06/17/2012 3:06:18 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
"This is how great republics die"
-- George Washington"Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths?"
The Constitution of the United States, which all officers of government, in every branch, must swear to support, is crystal clear that Congress has the exclusive constitutional grant of power to establish immigration and naturalization standards.
"The Congress shall have Power...To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization..." Article 1, Section 8:
Also, the Constitution absolutely requires that the United States protect each of the States from Invasion.
"The United States...shall protect each of them [the States] against Invasion..." Article 4, Section 4:
Barack Obama's actions this week in, by executive decree, granting certain classes of illegal invaders of our country a de facto amnesty are an obvious usurpation of that exclusive congressional power, AND they are a gross dereliction of one of the primary imperative duties of the Commander-in-Chief.
If a president were acting to check a lawless law passed by a lawless Congress; in other words, if he was standing firmly against a Congress or Court that had clearly breached their own constitutional limits; I would support actions by the chief executive to stop them. His oath would require that he do so.
But that is obviously not the case here.
I applaud the actions of my congressman, Steve King, in launching a court challenge to this illegitimate Obama policy. The third branch of government, the judiciary, should immediately join with the legislative branch to check the executive's lawlessness.
However, this is a perfect case to illustrate why Congress was also given the impeachment power. If they cared at all for their own oaths to support the Constitution; if they cared about the survival of the rule of law in this country, if they cared for our territorial integrity and sovereignty, they would immediately impeach this usurper and remove him from office at once.
To be frank though, experience tells me that they will not do so. Obama Democrats have no regard for the Constitution or their oaths, and Romney Repubublicans have no principles or spine.
This is how great republics die.
Ping ...
You are absolutely correct about the lawlessness of Obama’s actions. That’s why many have taken to calling him Obamugabe.
The undocumented pRes_ _ent is a Constitution-hating
Tyrant ... and the greedy Congress, free of
ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE too, LOVE him for it.
It’s sad that a member of Congress has to resort to the Judicial branch of government to stop this unbridled violation of the Constitution by Obama, but he probably knows full well that Congress isn’t going to use the power vested in it to impeach the bastard.
Fine. Now when is Congress going to act?
*CRICKETS*
This same phenomena is happening in workplaces throughout America.. Solely because of his race, Obama gets more passes than any other president yet he will still evoke sympathy for being black. Black racists and white guilt killed the United States. How low can he go? Is there ANY act that Obama can do to get himself impeached? So far, his race keeps him immune from reprimand and that spells doom for America.
Too bad the GOP RINO eunuchs won’t even consider impeachment though Obama’s immigration action is clearly illegal and usurps the Constitution. I fear if Obama is reelected he will increasingly rule by decree and become a virtual dictator no different than Caesar Chavez. If Obama gets a second term, November 6, 2012 might be the last free Presidential election we will see in this country.
Commie crotch salute bump
To me it is just unbelievable that Obama can get away with this.
Where are the GOP?
Clearly they are just as corrupt as the Democrats.
Time for citizens to take action.
WHATEVER the Constitution says, is immaterial to the logic of the CEO now living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. the WH. He didn’t follow the rules to get there. SHOW ME THE PASSPORT he came to the USA TO STUDY, and I’ll show you he is an imposter. They lie to you all.
You can impeach him but your not going to get the 67 votes necessary in the the Senate to convict him, so why bother? Obama wants to be impeached, the Democrats and the MSM would love it. It would create a distraction from the economy and they desperately want that.
You mean Hugo, not Caesar (illegal alien farm workers' union organizer). Hugo's the dictator (Venezuela).
Loyalty to the sacred oath of office to support the Constitution of the United States.
It's hardly trivial.
The U.S. ConstitutionFourteenth Amendment
Section 3
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof..."
“It’s hardly trivial.”
I did not saying its trivial. You tell me what it will accomplish other than a great side show all the way to election?
It would demonstrate that our representatives finally understand and have regard for their oaths of office and the Constitution.
What could be more important?
The belief that someone else will not keep their oath is not a legitimate reason not to keep your own.
Honorable people understand that they must keep their oath made to God, even if every other officer of government forsakes theirs.
They're not going to impeach this guy, not after the Clinton debacle, particularly this close to an election.
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