Why Should the House Impeach President Obama?
Feb 14, 2014 10:13:45 #
Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution requires that before presidents can assume their duties they must take the oath of office. Every president from George Washington to Barak Obama has placed their hand on a Bible and sworn, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
In America today, just like in Lake Woebegone, every child is above average and every child gets a trophy. We may score low in international grade comparisons but we rank number one in self-esteem. In other words, American students may not be doing well but they think they are. Those of us old enough to remember how Dad could control the situation with a look, and when you got in trouble in school your parents didnt sue or contact the School Board; you got in trouble at home, too, are also old enough to remember Watergate.
This scandal that the general public still does not understand brought down a president and led to the Watergate Congress which threw away the victory in Vietnam and solidified the Progressive control of Congress until 1994. Today we are confronted with contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law that makes the Watergate Scandal look like the tempest in a teapot that it actually was. How many people died as a result of the Watergate Scandal = 0. How many have died as a result of the Fast and Furious debacle = at least 200 and still counting, including an American law enforcement officer. How did Richard Nixon disrespect, disregard or violate the Constitution in the Watergate Scandal = 0 (although his use of Executive privilege did spark a constitutional crisis). How many times has Barack Obama disrespected, disregarded or violated the Constitution during his time in office = at least three times as documented below by making recess appointments while Congress was still in session, by changing laws through executive orders without recourse to Congress and by refusing to enforce laws.
There is an old saying, Thats good enough for government work. This saying comes out of the big government make-work programs of the 1930s and has been used ever since as short hand for Approximate is close enough, which might as well be the new national motto. In societies that rob Peter to pay Paul the stage before all the Peters change their names to Paul is typified by government bean counters picking winners and losers. This process discourages producers and encourages non-producers assuring you get less of the former and more of the latter. As an educator I have a belief that if you dont teach someone to do something right you teach them to do it wrong.
If Congress does not assert its place as a co-equal branch of government, the Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama will continue to usurp power. From recess appointments while Congress is in session to unilaterally changing laws to refusing to enforce the laws of the land this President is fundamentally t***sforming our system of government. Not through the amendment process, but through a campaign of unconstitutional and therefore illegal actions designed to advance the Progressive agenda and to influence the next e******n. Whether it is through the money laundering schemes that are government negotiations with public service unions, pork barrel payoffs to political donors, or back-door amnesty; this is nothing more than a time-honored Chicago tradition buying v**es. Combine this with a campaign to resist any attempt to verify who is v****g and the stage is set for an emerging social re-make and e******ns that would make any managed society proud.
His supporters may call it the Audacity of Hope Campaign, but if it is successful it will be the audacity which crushes any hope of limited government, personal liberty, and economic freedom. The dreams from his father will become the nightmares of our children and grandchildren. With no authority Mr. Obama is attempting to rule by decree. Executive orders have previously been used to direct the Executive Departments how to implement laws. Mr. Obama is using them to legislate, and that is in direct contravention to the separation of powers clearly outlined in the Constitution and are meant by his own admission to circumvent Congress.
President Obama has built a shadow government that parallels, and is standing ready to supplant our constitutional government. Barely tipping his hat to the official Cabinet he has appointed more Czars than most of his predecessors and these Czars are not just advisers, they are actually tasked with duties that under our traditional American governmental structure have been the responsibility of Cabinet Secretaries. These Czars are not confirmed; they are appointed, and none of them are accountable to anyone except the President. Even though Congress v**ed to defund his Czars, President Obama has said he will ignore that part of the Budget and keep them anyway. A cult of personality surrounds him, typified by a compliant media which fawns over his every action and defends his every t***sgression.
As if to add icing to the cake the Obama Administration has invoked Executive Privilege to support Attorney General Holder in his refusal to surrender all requested documents in the Fast and Furious Scandal. What national security issues could there be in this matter? If the documents proved that the operation really did start under the Bush administration as Mr. Holder contends, does anyone doubt they would have been on the table yesterday? Either the President is attempting to protect his Attorney General, some member of the White House staff or himself. Either way this may eventually provide a real similarity to the Watergate Scandal. Though in this case the cover-up could not be worse than the crime, it could lead to enough fallout to make his own supporters leave a sinking ship to avoid the stigma of a failed presidency and a looming constitutional crisis.
In the B******i Scandal the memories of 4 dead Americans including our Ambassador the Obama administration first attempted to blame a video. This video wasnt t***slated into Arabic until after the attacks that it supposedly inspired. There was mounting violence against Western Diplomats and Western interests in B******i before this that was ignored. Then during his recent re-e******n campaign President Obama re-invented the t***h when he said that he labeled it a terrorist action from day one. Yet in Congressional investigations the stonewalling continues to protect the White House and the State department from accepting the blame for what was clearly a massive security collapse. To this day the only one jailed for this deadly failure has been the producer of the erroneously blamed video. Then again as Secretary of State Clinton quipped, What difference, at this point, does it make?
In perhaps the most telling evidence for impeachment so far the Speaker of the House has declared that it is meaningless to pass legislation when based upon President Obamas past practices there is no guarantee that the President will enforce the law. This is a stunning admission. The President is sworn to uphold the Constitution. In the Constitution as the chief executive the President is supposed to enforce and execute the laws. Having reached the point where the Speaker of the House can no longer trust that the President will enforce laws we have reached the place where this is no longer a nation of laws it is a nation of men. This is the opposite of what our Founders said that America should be.
Then there is the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare as it is popularly known. The President seems to believe he can rewrite this law in any way and at any time he chooses without regard to the fact that it was passed by Congress and signed into law. One conservative pundit compares President Obamas serial re-writes of this law without the benefit of legislation as the actions of a banana republic. While a progressive pundit says that even though he was a supporter of the law these many changes and the blatant polarization of the law by delaying so many of its negative impacts until after the next e******n make it nearly impossible to defend.
The assaults upon the rule of law come on a daily basis. As if he is almost trying to add fuel to the flames or to rub his actions in everyones face President Obama said to French President Hollande as they strolled through the grounds of Jeffersons Monticello Thats the good thing as a President, I can do wh**ever I want
If this slide into tyranny is not stopped it will continue. If it is not protested it will be accepted. I know there are not enough Senators to convict. As shown in the Clinton impeachment trial the Democrats v**e as a block and the Progressive Republicans join with them ensuring there would be no conviction no matter what the charge. If these blatant attacks upon the checks and balances are not punished, at least by the shame and reproach of an Impeachment Resolution, they are being silently condoned. Speaker Boehner stand up and lead the House! Dont just make a speech; present a case. Dont just give us a photo op; give us a fighting chance to save this great experiment in human freedom.
If you dont stand for something you will fall for anything. America, it is time to stand up to this Southside Chicago bully. We need to let him know he cant have our lunch money anymore, and he cant subvert our Republic either at least not without us protesting and using every legal means available to stop him and preserve limited government.
We, the lovers of freedom and the supporters of limited government, cannot merely wait the clock out on the Obama presidency. After winning a second term on a campaign based upon class warfare and the redistribution of wealth he and his statist backers act as if they have won a mandate for more of these unconstitutional power-grabs. An oligarchy of the perpetually re-elected veneered over a permanent nomenclature of federal bureaucrats easily falls in line behind a complacent and complicit media to cheer the new order as the soft tyranny of the central planners tell us what is best for us and then forces us to say thank you.
Protest the lawless Progressive counter-revolution! Contact your Representative and demand an impeachment hearing to investigate President Obama for the High Crimes of subverting the Constitution. He should be investigated for:
Making recess appointments while Congress was still in session
Ignoring his obligation to enforce the laws of the land in the areas of Immigration and the Defense of Marriage Act
Incorrectly using a claim of Executive Privilege to cover up reckless and possibly criminal activity in the Fast and Furious scandal.
Repeatedly changing the Affordable Care Act without the approval of Congress
Using Executive Orders to circumvent the clearly spoken will of Congress as in the imposition of the Dream Act and Cap-N-Trade regulations after both of these were defeated in Congress
Act today! Contact your Representative and let them know patriotic Americans want this tyranny ended and limited government restored.
Keep the faith. Keep the peace. We shall overcome.
In America today, just like in Lake Woebegone, every child is above average and every child gets a trophy. We may score low in international grade comparisons but we rank number one in self-esteem. In other words, American students may not be doing well but they think they are. Those of us old enough to remember how Dad could control the situation with a look, and when you got in trouble in school your parents didnt sue or contact the School Board; you got in trouble at home, too, are also old enough to remember Watergate.
This scandal that the general public still does not understand brought down a president and led to the Watergate Congress which threw away the victory in Vietnam and solidified the Progressive control of Congress until 1994. Today we are confronted with contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law that makes the Watergate Scandal look like the tempest in a teapot that it actually was. How many people died as a result of the Watergate Scandal = 0. How many have died as a result of the Fast and Furious debacle = at least 200 and still counting, including an American law enforcement officer. How did Richard Nixon disrespect, disregard or violate the Constitution in the Watergate Scandal = 0 (although his use of Executive privilege did spark a constitutional crisis). How many times has Barack Obama disrespected, disregarded or violated the Constitution during his time in office = at least three times as documented below by making recess appointments while Congress was still in session, by changing laws through executive orders without recourse to Congress and by refusing to enforce laws.
There is an old saying, Thats good enough for government work. This saying comes out of the big government make-work programs of the 1930s and has been used ever since as short hand for Approximate is close enough, which might as well be the new national motto. In societies that rob Peter to pay Paul the stage before all the Peters change their names to Paul is typified by government bean counters picking winners and losers. This process discourages producers and encourages non-producers assuring you get less of the former and more of the latter. As an educator I have a belief that if you dont teach someone to do something right you teach them to do it wrong.
If Congress does not assert its place as a co-equal branch of government, the Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama will continue to usurp power. From recess appointments while Congress is in session to unilaterally changing laws to refusing to enforce the laws of the land this President is fundamentally t***sforming our system of government. Not through the amendment process, but through a campaign of unconstitutional and therefore illegal actions designed to advance the Progressive agenda and to influence the next e******n. Whether it is through the money laundering schemes that are government negotiations with public service unions, pork barrel payoffs to political donors, or back-door amnesty; this is nothing more than a time-honored Chicago tradition buying v**es. Combine this with a campaign to resist any attempt to verify who is v****g and the stage is set for an emerging social re-make and e******ns that would make any managed society proud.
His supporters may call it the Audacity of Hope Campaign, but if it is successful it will be the audacity which crushes any hope of limited government, personal liberty, and economic freedom. The dreams from his father will become the nightmares of our children and grandchildren. With no authority Mr. Obama is attempting to rule by decree. Executive orders have previously been used to direct the Executive Departments how to implement laws. Mr. Obama is using them to legislate, and that is in direct contravention to the separation of powers clearly outlined in the Constitution and are meant by his own admission to circumvent Congress.
President Obama has built a shadow government that parallels, and is standing ready to supplant our constitutional government. Barely tipping his hat to the official Cabinet he has appointed more Czars than most of his predecessors and these Czars are not just advisers, they are actually tasked with duties that under our traditional American governmental structure have been the responsibility of Cabinet Secretaries. These Czars are not confirmed; they are appointed, and none of them are accountable to anyone except the President. Even though Congress v**ed to defund his Czars, President Obama has said he will ignore that part of the Budget and keep them anyway. A cult of personality surrounds him, typified by a compliant media which fawns over his every action and defends his every t***sgression.
As if to add icing to the cake the Obama Administration has invoked Executive Privilege to support Attorney General Holder in his refusal to surrender all requested documents in the Fast and Furious Scandal. What national security issues could there be in this matter? If the documents proved that the operation really did start under the Bush administration as Mr. Holder contends, does anyone doubt they would have been on the table yesterday? Either the President is attempting to protect his Attorney General, some member of the White House staff or himself. Either way this may eventually provide a real similarity to the Watergate Scandal. Though in this case the cover-up could not be worse than the crime, it could lead to enough fallout to make his own supporters leave a sinking ship to avoid the stigma of a failed presidency and a looming constitutional crisis.
In the B******i Scandal the memories of 4 dead Americans including our Ambassador the Obama administration first attempted to blame a video. This video wasnt t***slated into Arabic until after the attacks that it supposedly inspired. There was mounting violence against Western Diplomats and Western interests in B******i before this that was ignored. Then during his recent re-e******n campaign President Obama re-invented the t***h when he said that he labeled it a terrorist action from day one. Yet in Congressional investigations the stonewalling continues to protect the White House and the State department from accepting the blame for what was clearly a massive security collapse. To this day the only one jailed for this deadly failure has been the producer of the erroneously blamed video. Then again as Secretary of State Clinton quipped, What difference, at this point, does it make?
In perhaps the most telling evidence for impeachment so far the Speaker of the House has declared that it is meaningless to pass legislation when based upon President Obamas past practices there is no guarantee that the President will enforce the law. This is a stunning admission. The President is sworn to uphold the Constitution. In the Constitution as the chief executive the President is supposed to enforce and execute the laws. Having reached the point where the Speaker of the House can no longer trust that the President will enforce laws we have reached the place where this is no longer a nation of laws it is a nation of men. This is the opposite of what our Founders said that America should be.
Then there is the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare as it is popularly known. The President seems to believe he can rewrite this law in any way and at any time he chooses without regard to the fact that it was passed by Congress and signed into law. One conservative pundit compares President Obamas serial re-writes of this law without the benefit of legislation as the actions of a banana republic. While a progressive pundit says that even though he was a supporter of the law these many changes and the blatant polarization of the law by delaying so many of its negative impacts until after the next e******n make it nearly impossible to defend.
The assaults upon the rule of law come on a daily basis. As if he is almost trying to add fuel to the flames or to rub his actions in everyones face President Obama said to French President Hollande as they strolled through the grounds of Jeffersons Monticello Thats the good thing as a President, I can do wh**ever I want
If this slide into tyranny is not stopped it will continue. If it is not protested it will be accepted. I know there are not enough Senators to convict. As shown in the Clinton impeachment trial the Democrats v**e as a block and the Progressive Republicans join with them ensuring there would be no conviction no matter what the charge. If these blatant attacks upon the checks and balances are not punished, at least by the shame and reproach of an Impeachment Resolution, they are being silently condoned. Speaker Boehner stand up and lead the House! Dont just make a speech; present a case. Dont just give us a photo op; give us a fighting chance to save this great experiment in human freedom.
If you dont stand for something you will fall for anything. America, it is time to stand up to this Southside Chicago bully. We need to let him know he cant have our lunch money anymore, and he cant subvert our Republic either at least not without us protesting and using every legal means available to stop him and preserve limited government.
We, the lovers of freedom and the supporters of limited government, cannot merely wait the clock out on the Obama presidency. After winning a second term on a campaign based upon class warfare and the redistribution of wealth he and his statist backers act as if they have won a mandate for more of these unconstitutional power-grabs. An oligarchy of the perpetually re-elected veneered over a permanent nomenclature of federal bureaucrats easily falls in line behind a complacent and complicit media to cheer the new order as the soft tyranny of the central planners tell us what is best for us and then forces us to say thank you.
Protest the lawless Progressive counter-revolution! Contact your Representative and demand an impeachment hearing to investigate President Obama for the High Crimes of subverting the Constitution. He should be investigated for:
Making recess appointments while Congress was still in session
Ignoring his obligation to enforce the laws of the land in the areas of Immigration and the Defense of Marriage Act
Incorrectly using a claim of Executive Privilege to cover up reckless and possibly criminal activity in the Fast and Furious scandal.
Repeatedly changing the Affordable Care Act without the approval of Congress
Using Executive Orders to circumvent the clearly spoken will of Congress as in the imposition of the Dream Act and Cap-N-Trade regulations after both of these were defeated in Congress
Act today! Contact your Representative and let them know patriotic Americans want this tyranny ended and limited government restored.
Keep the faith. Keep the peace. We shall overcome.
Feb 14, 2014 10:41:02 #
Nuclearian wrote:
Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution requires ... (show quote)
Why bother to impeach? The Senate is controlled by Harry Reid and the Dems and RINOs. Obama could declare himself dictator for life and the Senate would support him. Unfortunately, an impeachment requires the cooperation of the Liberal Establishment Social Club, aka the US Senate.
Feb 14, 2014 11:20:32 #
banjojack wrote:
Why bother to impeach? The Senate is controlled by Harry Reid and the Dems and RINOs. Obama could declare himself dictator for life and the Senate would support him. Unfortunately, an impeachment requires the cooperation of the Liberal Establishment Social Club, aka the US Senate.
But it would sure show which party supports the usurper of the Constitution, and which doesnt. T*****rs and their supporters need to be removed from office.
Feb 14, 2014 11:25:46 #
banjojack wrote:
Why bother to impeach? The Senate is controlled by Harry Reid and the Dems and RINOs. Obama could declare himself dictator for life and the Senate would support him. Unfortunately, an impeachment requires the cooperation of the Liberal Establishment Social Club, aka the US Senate.
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banjojack, I know impeachments and investigations are expensive, but today money isn't worth a lot, and I think Obama should have been impeached a LONG time ago. He wasn't; so he should be impeached this year, the sooner the better. Why should we impeach, knowing the Dems will bail him out? Because American citizens DESERVE it. We would be heartened to see SOMEONE IN GOVERNMENT DOING SOMETHING THAT NEEDS DOING, FOR A CHANGE. All of us know the Dems will bail him out, but then it is on his record. It's a lie he will be unable to tell and get away with. It will be a brand that he deserves. Impeachment is impeachment. If the Senate fails to punish, that makes the Dems all the worse as we KNOW Obama is guilty of impeachable acts, has been forewarned, and he continues to act unconstitutionally. THAT'S why impeachment should be brought.
Feb 14, 2014 11:25:55 #
Nuclearian wrote:
But it would sure show which party supports the usurper of the Constitution, and which doesnt. T*****rs and their supporters need to be removed from office.
It will do as much good as when the House brought articles against Bill "it depends on what your definition of is, is" Clinton.
Feb 14, 2014 11:35:20 #
banjojack wrote:
It will do as much good as when the House brought articles against Bill "it depends on what your definition of is, is" Clinton.
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Could be. And that could be good. It took Clinton's impeachment to show me what the DNC is really all about. I have always followed politics, but not to the degree that I started watching it when I saw NOTHING happen when a democrat was constitutionally impeached.
Feb 14, 2014 13:49:52 #
Is this reason enough to impeach him....????
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/14/Obamacare-Enrolling-I******s-in-California
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/14/Obamacare-Enrolling-I******s-in-California
Feb 14, 2014 14:25:54 #
I see you Birther i***ts are at it again with your conspiracies...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
When Gump said Stupid Is As Stupid Does he was really talking about you dumbass birthers. That man sure knew the future about you i***ts....Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
When Gump said Stupid Is As Stupid Does he was really talking about you dumbass birthers. That man sure knew the future about you i***ts....Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Feb 14, 2014 14:29:37 #
Retired669 wrote:
I see you Birther i***ts are at it again with your conspiracies...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
When Gump said Stupid Is As Stupid Does he was really talking about you dumbass birthers. That man sure knew the future about you i***ts....Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
When Gump said Stupid Is As Stupid Does he was really talking about you dumbass birthers. That man sure knew the future about you i***ts....Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Stupid is as stupid does: Pretty much describes you in a nutshell, slick. I'd h**e to meet you in a dark alley; I might mistake your mouth for a doorway, and try walking in.
Feb 14, 2014 16:14:08 #
banjojack wrote:
Stupid is as stupid does: Pretty much describes you in a nutshell, slick. I'd h**e to meet you in a dark alley; I might mistake your mouth for a doorway, and try walking in.
Ok peewee I'll finally call on your whiny stupid birther ass. You should consider yourself special that I will finally acknowledge your pitiful existence on this board. You have been waving your hand for a while to be noticed so
Pay attention now peewee.....This is just for YOU. :mrgreen:
I see YOU another Birther i***t is at it again with your stupid ass conspiracies just like the rest of the stupid ass birther i***ts on this board.
When Gump said Stupid Is As Stupid Does he was really talking about YOUR stupid ass and the rest of the stupid asses on this board who are birthers like yourself.
Now don't bother to reply back peewee because I will ignore you and your ignorant comments until I think you are ready to be called on again by me. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
In the meantime go hang out with the other birther i***ts on this board and share your conspiracies among yourselves until 1/20/2017... :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Feb 14, 2014 17:44:46 #
Retired669 wrote:
Ok peewee I'll finally call on your whiny stupid b... (show quote)
Oh my! I made R****ded mad. I towee. I didn't realize you were not only an ignorant pissant, but you come with optional temper tantrum. You must be the deluxe version. I h**e to tell you this, but it's time you stopped blaming the whole world for the fact that you don't have enough brains to fill a gnat's ass. So please, continue posting your ignorant, lameass, dumbass insults. Your betters will read them until we get bored.
Feb 14, 2014 19:30:15 #
banjojack wrote:
Oh my! I made R****ded mad. I towee. I didn't realize you were not only an ignorant pissant, but you come with optional temper tantrum. You must be the deluxe version. I h**e to tell you this, but it's time you stopped blaming the whole world for the fact that you don't have enough brains to fill a gnat's ass. So please, continue posting your ignorant, lameass, dumbass insults. Your betters will read them until we get bored.
Great response!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Feb 14, 2014 19:42:26 #
Tasine wrote:
Great response!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:
He's pretty predictable. Downright Pavlovian. He salivates and reacts to the proper stimuli; he can't help himself. He said he won't reply to my posts anymore until he is ready, but Fido/R****ded669 is already getting fidgety. He will be back soon, either trying to hump my leg or someone else's.
Feb 14, 2014 22:04:22 #
Recess appointments:
The President is granted the power to make appointments during the recess of the Senate. What exactly that means, I don't believe has been challenged in court until now. Technically, if the Senate is in recess, regardless of for how long, it is in recess. The Constitution makes no differentiation between inter or intrasession recesses.
As far as I'm aware, making a borderline unconstitutional appointment (borderline until the Supreme Court weighs in officially) is not grounds for impeachment. If such were the case, v****g in favor of laws that get stricken down by the Supreme Court would then be grounds for impeachment of the legislators that passed it as well as the President signing it.
Personally, I agree with the challenge to an extent. A short recess of known length should not constitute acceptable use of the power. According to a DOJ memo from 1992, a recession of 18 days is a sufficient length of time to warrant appointments. During the Clinton and Bush administrations, it was performed with only 10.
Selective enforcement:
As President Andrew Jackson once said, "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!". Any given President does not have unlimited resources. Certain things will not be emphasized, others will. If you have a problem with enforcement of a particular law, you have the right and responsibility to petition the government for a redress of your grievances. Or at the very least, get your state government to do it.
We have checks and balances for a reason. Someone oversteps their bounds, someone notices, they challenge it in court.
Executive privilege:
Probably one of the biggest BS things in government. Any limitation of knowledge is a bad thing. I don't doubt there is probably some damning information in those documents. Although, who it's about could be contested. Washington is an ol'boys club, especially the Presidency. It's the most exclusive club in the country.
Obama could very well be protecting the legacy of W. Bush with the understanding that the next President will do the same for him. I'm basing this possibility on the immunity given W. Bush for war crimes from Obama. That doesn't sound like a man that would really seek to do harm to someone.
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I've run out of time for now. I'll revisit this when I get a chance.
But before I go... I really hope that more people can talk with open minds instead of resorting to name calling.
The President is granted the power to make appointments during the recess of the Senate. What exactly that means, I don't believe has been challenged in court until now. Technically, if the Senate is in recess, regardless of for how long, it is in recess. The Constitution makes no differentiation between inter or intrasession recesses.
As far as I'm aware, making a borderline unconstitutional appointment (borderline until the Supreme Court weighs in officially) is not grounds for impeachment. If such were the case, v****g in favor of laws that get stricken down by the Supreme Court would then be grounds for impeachment of the legislators that passed it as well as the President signing it.
Personally, I agree with the challenge to an extent. A short recess of known length should not constitute acceptable use of the power. According to a DOJ memo from 1992, a recession of 18 days is a sufficient length of time to warrant appointments. During the Clinton and Bush administrations, it was performed with only 10.
Selective enforcement:
As President Andrew Jackson once said, "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!". Any given President does not have unlimited resources. Certain things will not be emphasized, others will. If you have a problem with enforcement of a particular law, you have the right and responsibility to petition the government for a redress of your grievances. Or at the very least, get your state government to do it.
We have checks and balances for a reason. Someone oversteps their bounds, someone notices, they challenge it in court.
Executive privilege:
Probably one of the biggest BS things in government. Any limitation of knowledge is a bad thing. I don't doubt there is probably some damning information in those documents. Although, who it's about could be contested. Washington is an ol'boys club, especially the Presidency. It's the most exclusive club in the country.
Obama could very well be protecting the legacy of W. Bush with the understanding that the next President will do the same for him. I'm basing this possibility on the immunity given W. Bush for war crimes from Obama. That doesn't sound like a man that would really seek to do harm to someone.
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I've run out of time for now. I'll revisit this when I get a chance.
But before I go... I really hope that more people can talk with open minds instead of resorting to name calling.
Nuclearian wrote:
Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution requires ... (show quote)
Feb 15, 2014 04:12:24 #
V***l wrote:
Recess appointments: br br The President is grant... (show quote)
Thoughtful reply to a thoughtful posting. Hats off to both of you.
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