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Biden: Obama Can Use "Executive Orders" To Act On Gun Control (video)
RealClearPolitics ^ | January 9, 2013 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 01/09/2013 9:05:36 AM PST by i88schwartz

Vice President Joe Biden, while addressing representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups, says President Obama could use "executive orders" to enact gun control measures.

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: "The president is going to act. There are executives orders -- executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided what that is yet. But we're compiling it all with the help of the Attorney General and all the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action, we believe is required."

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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed
A direct violation of the clear statement and intent of the Constitution is treason.

Sadly, congress is unlikely to act on such a treasonous act and ultimately America will have to appeal to a higher authority... We the People.

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. - Winston Churchill
81 posted on 01/09/2013 9:50:14 AM PST by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: ex91B10

Impeachment will never happen. Don’t think session will happen either.


82 posted on 01/09/2013 9:50:14 AM PST by DownInFlames
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To: i88schwartz

And who in the hell is going to stop the sockpuppet’s handlers from doing whatever they damn well please? Weeping Willow Boner? He’s probably playing golf today with the Kenyan-born illegal alien.


83 posted on 01/09/2013 9:50:50 AM PST by laweeks
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To: i88schwartz

This is sure going to end up being a painful lesson for the elitist gun control crowd. Looks like the Liberty Tree may very well get some nourishment in the near future at the rate this is devolving.


84 posted on 01/09/2013 9:50:56 AM PST by TADSLOS (I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Yes, look right at that corrupt judge and agree to follow the law as he claims it is. Do not discuss it in the jury room either just say not convinced there was enough evidence, use the defense points.


85 posted on 01/09/2013 9:51:18 AM PST by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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To: i88schwartz
Again, I will post this link to an important video. It's long, but it will most definitely shock you to your senses.

This video shows exactly where the radical American left is going.

I wached this video and resolved as much as I am able, and for my children, this will NOT happen on my watch or until the Lord takes me!

86 posted on 01/09/2013 9:51:38 AM PST by Obadiah (It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.)
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To: Truth2012

“The left seems very excited to light this candle- and I wonder if they realize that there are some people who are excited about hunting zombies.”

So true. This may sound redundant, and it probably is, but in my opinion, it’s the media (liberal media like Piers Morgan, Gannett papers, NYT) that are the MOST excited and seem the most intent on whipping up the rhetoric as high and as hot as it will go. Not a surprise considering those same journalistic-like outlets have demonstrated an absolute lack of responsibility for years now.


87 posted on 01/09/2013 9:51:56 AM PST by austinaero
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To: AtlasStalled

The left simply doesn’t like guns, and I haven’t yet figured out why?


You misunderstand. They like guns just fine if they are the ones pointing them at the rest of us.
Free men are armed. Subjects are not. This is a time that will define our nation. Just how much is freedom worth? If we wait until we are unhappy subjects, there won’t be a nation.


88 posted on 01/09/2013 9:53:17 AM PST by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: austinaero

Absolutely correct. They are clearly eagerly fanning this flame. They go first!


89 posted on 01/09/2013 9:54:31 AM PST by Obadiah (It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.)
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To: cripplecreek

Let him try. It is clearly unconstitutional for him to act as a law maker.


90 posted on 01/09/2013 9:54:31 AM PST by CityCenter (Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.)
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To: Truth29
I found it interesting how the meetings are organized. Biden is meeting with the victims of gun violence today, and the supporters of gun rights tomorrow, but Eric Holder is supposed to go today.

Shouldn't Holder attend on a third day when they are meeting with the perpetrators of gun violence?

91 posted on 01/09/2013 9:54:54 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: i88schwartz
If Obama attempts to over-ride the Constitution's Second Amendment with an executive order then the United States has a dictator who is attacking the very document he has solemnly sworn to defend.
This act of tyranny would require rebellion from those citizens who would be free.
92 posted on 01/09/2013 9:59:53 AM PST by Amagi (John "Cry Baby" Boehner is a traitorous weasel.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

If a judge tells you that you must follow the law as he gives it to you, he is lying. On that basis, a person has absolutely no reason to obey his instructions in the jury room.


93 posted on 01/09/2013 10:00:05 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: CityCenter

“Let him try. It is clearly unconstitutional for him to act as a law maker.”

Right, and taxation bills must originate in the House.

... unless there aren’t enough votes for the leftist agenda there, and then it can can originate in the Senate, or wherever else needed.


94 posted on 01/09/2013 10:00:24 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: nutmeg

see #26


95 posted on 01/09/2013 10:00:31 AM PST by Baynative (Those that work for a living are now outnumbered by those that vote for a living.)
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To: Gator113
This is not my America. My America had a constitution. This America is ruled by a damn dictator.

Realistically, where in the hell do we go from here?

You're right, Gator113: this isn't the America you were born in.

The self-proclaimed "progressives" spent the last century and longer methodically eviscerating our constitutional republic from within. It's now a "progressive" oligarchy in all but name. The Constitution now exists as a piece of parchment on exhibit in a museum. Congress and the Supreme Court have been reduced to rubber stamps for the Executive branch. The rule of law has been supplanted by the rule of cronies. We still have civil rights on paper; actually exercising them, however, has become a guessing game.

Roughly a quarter to a third of the people have voluntarily abandoned citizenship for state serfdom. They've been enticed by "free" welfare, "free" rent, "free" telephones, et cetera, and will meekly whatever they're ordered. Ironically, their votes are no longer needed: the Democratic [sic] party's shift from vote fraud to comprehensive, systematic election fraud has rendered them obsolete; ironically, their loyalty is now considerably more expensive than necessary.

I believe the oligarchy intends to unleash a "controlled" or "moderate" economic disruption as a means to justify post-constitutional legislation. If it can scare the populace badly enough, it may be able to circumvent nearly all opposition to a "national emergency rescue plan" or "temporary economic recovery measures." Between the so-called "progressives" and the crony capitalists and unions, there won't be much left for the workers and peasants.

What if the "controlled" or "moderate" economic disruption actually turns into an all-devouring economic collapse, complete with "social disorder," I'll call it in general terms? I doubt there'd be much the oligarchy could do to soften or stave off a collapse, except wish it had been more cautious.

I believe we, the people would presently restore our constitutional republic in whatever portions of the United States were still inhabitable.

96 posted on 01/09/2013 10:03:18 AM PST by Standing Wolf
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To: USNBandit
"Shouldn't Holder attend on a third day when they are meeting with the perpetrators of gun violence?"

Why? Holder meets with himself and the Fast and Furious DOJ crowd everyday.

97 posted on 01/09/2013 10:03:18 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Las Vegas Ron
My worry is ..how do we communicate with like minds once they bring down the web??

Communicating any kind of coalition at this time would be considered “a Terrorist Act”and have the Homeland Security types climbing in their windows at 3am

98 posted on 01/09/2013 10:03:52 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: i88schwartz

99 posted on 01/09/2013 10:05:12 AM PST by Carlucci
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To: i88schwartz

To be clear, EO’s aren’t a Progressive or Republican problem. EO’s are an equal opportunity contagion. Both parties, all modern presidents, Congress, the Supreme Court, and, yes, We the People are culpable. If we deserve better, we will beget better.
Art I, Sec 1 of the US Constitution concisely and unambiguously provides that “all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress...” In sharp contrast, Art II specifically outlines Executive powers and duties, none of which include legislating in any form. And to checkmate an overreaching Chief Executive, Art II also provides for the impeachment and removal of not only the Chief Executive, but of any and all officers comprising the Executive Branch.
The rub: if the law intended to countermand an EO is vetoed by the President, to override that veto requires a 2/3 vote, a super majority, in both chambers of Congress, clearly a politically daunting task indeed. Of course, there is the laborious process of impeachment and removal of the offending President to remedy the executive overreach. But, again, removal would require a 2/3 majority in the Senate, a very unlikely scenario.


100 posted on 01/09/2013 10:05:34 AM PST by alphadog (2nd Bn. 3rd Marines, Vietnam, class of 68)
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