I have always been wary of the use of Executive Orders. With the stroke of a pen, a president can create law, without oversight or debate.
Through the War Powers Act, Congress gave the president short term authority in times of war to mobilize the country's military capabilities in an emergency, but this EO is entirely different. Without Congressional approval, the president has assumed the authority to expand his own power. With a simple document, he has usurped personal liberty and declared himself to have unconstitutional authority in times of ambiguous crisis.
This is entirely unacceptable. We should all be afraid of this EO and what it means for the American public.
but..but..but.. he promised not to use it!!! :: eyeroll ::
ReplyDeleteHe has made statements that marginalize congress, and recently made statements that marginalize the Supreme Court. The objective is clear: Get "The People" conditioned to a single department of leadership and abolish the separation of power expectation.
A full assault on the Bill of Rights is a concurrent objective.
1st Amendment: White, middle aged, middle class people are considered a threat because they are the most likely to speak out against a power grab. DHS even issued a statement making returning Veterans the biggest threat we face. What is going on that a government would fear its own soldiers the most? Let's not mention "Free Speech Zones" giving gov't the right to move a speaker to where he will not be heard...
2nd Amendment: Fast and Furious smuggles guns to Mexico, are identified as used in all their crime, our rights are bad for them, and he eventually alls on us to give up this right. Too bad he was caught.
4th Amendment: Gov't getting unauthorized wiretaps (patriot Act), the whole digital frontier and the NSA... Surveillance drones being authorized to fly over the US by national, state, and local LE, and even the right to put GPS trackers on your car without a warrant...
We are becoming a police state, and this EO just solidifies it and codes the right to take what it needs.
Now they just need a nice catastrophe to justify themselves in invoking it...
This 1 really has me hopping mad.
DeleteOne catastrophe coming up -- (probably before the end of the summer).
DeleteI've been wondering (haven't looked into it yet) what are impeachable offenses, and what steps need to be taken (and by whom), to begin an impeachment process of this President. He is obviously expanding his powers in ways that have never been seen in this country before and were actually meant to be limited by the framers and founders of our Constitution.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember right, the House votes to bring charges. The Supreme Court presides over the hearing, then the Senate decides on the verdict. I assume the Chief Justice provides sentencing, but im not sure.
ReplyDeletehttp://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/20/controversial-painter-depicts-obama-with-burning-constitution/
ReplyDeletesince a picture is worth a thousand words...