It is one thing for many of the more conservative oriented web sites and groups to call for the impeachment of Mr. Obama. It is quite another when a widely read establishment type of magazine such as Forbes allows an editorial calling for the same thing.
I agree wholeheartedly that the current occupant of the White House picks and chooses which laws/ parts of laws he intends to enforce or to ignore. That does not fall within the prerogative of the executive branch which is charged with faithfully executing the laws of the land. After all, that is why the Founders established an EXECUTIVE BRANCH of the government separate from the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. The latter MAKES THE LAWS; the former ENFORCES the LAWS.
I find it most disconcerting that more members of Congress are not appalled by this lawlessness and are not jealously attempting to guard their Constitutionally-given power. The Congress is a CO-EQUAL BRANCH of the US government. It needs to start acting like it is.
Sadly, too many are more loyal to their political party rather than to that Constitution that they all took AN OATH TO DEFEND.
Keep in mind that any impeachment process basically works this way - the House of Representatives brings the charges. If voted on and agreed to by a majority, the "trial" then goes to the Senate where the actual guilt or innocence of the President is determined. Sadly for the nation, even if the House were to bring charges, party loyalty would trump Constitutional fealty and the case would die in the Senate graveyard.
Perhaps even more disconcerting for the nation is that so much of the electorate today is too dumbed-down to even understand the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances that our Founders, in their wisdom, bequeathed to us as our legacy of liberty.
Obama's Disdain For The Constitution Means We Risk Losing Our Republic
By M. Northrop Buechner
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he has changed it five times. Most notably, he suspended the employer mandate last summer. This is widely known, but almost no one seems to have grasped its significance.
The Constitution authorizes the President to propose and veto legislation. It does not authorize him to change existing laws. The changes Mr. Obama ordered in Obamacare, therefore, are unconstitutional. This means that he does not accept some of the limitations that the Constitution places on his actions. We cannot know at this point what limitations, if any, he does accept.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/19/obamas-disdain-for-the-constitution-means-we-risk-losing-our-republic/
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that” — George Carlin
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http://goldtradercommentsaugust2010.blogspot.com/
Second graders are asking teacher why Obama can change the laws! - True Story!
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ReplyDeleteExcellent article..it's about time a MSM entity said what has to be said.
Below is a cut and past of the "Enlistment Oath"
There is a catch 22 in it. If you are to obey the orders of the President and the President is the one who is subverting the constitution you have sworn to defend…what do you do?
a) Enlistment Oath.— Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:
"I, XXXXXXXXXX, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
(b) Who May Administer.— The oath may be taken before the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary of Defense, any commissioned officer, or any other person designated under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
> If you are to obey the orders of the President and the President is the one who is subverting the constitution you have sworn to defend…what do you do?
DeleteYou make a stand...
http://oathkeepers.org/
Only one small proposed edit.
ReplyDeleteThe congress is ruled by personal self interest and then party loyalty. Sort of like the Afghans are ruled by self, family and tribe before nation. I am sorry to compare the Afghan tribesmen to such a group of losers.
Moving on it is going to get worse. Obama's appointments will now be rubber stamped by the Senate along strictly party lines with the rules change. Today's (Saturday) WSJ had a good editorial explanation of why Harry Reed is so beholden to Obama.