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Is Obama breaking the contract with States by disregarding their RIGHT to obstruct his policies?

Janet C K 2012/06/21 17:15:59
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How can Obama on one hand support Wall Street Protestors, yet on the other steam roll States CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to be represented in decision making? Is this no different than policy making by elected officials that put taxpayers on the hook for ridiculous public worker pensions all in the interest of their being re-elected? Isn't he doing the same EXACT thing? If he takes the States ELECTED OFFICIALS out of the process, isn't he violating their right to be part of the decision making process in exchange for belonging and contributing to the country?
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  • jackolantyrn356 2012/06/21 19:58:41
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    jackolantyrn356
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    What Contract? Obama knows of no contract.......

    He never even finished the swearing in . He slamkmed the Lincoln Bible to the groumd, Tripped the Supreme Court Justice and said they would do this later. They never did and the book they did it with was never seen
  • john Kills 2012/06/21 18:34:32
    Yes
    john Kills
    +1
    Barry is an unconstitutional president who has extended and created unconstitutional policies
  • FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/06/21 17:46:35
    No
    FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX
    Why is it every time you cons see something you don't like or don't understand you cry 'Unconstitutional!"?

    The states retain their rights through Congress. Congress can overturn ANY executive order with a 2/3 Supermajority - Which is why George W. Bush was able to get away with 291 of them.

    Call your Congressman and ask him or her why they haven't brought a motion to challenge the orders you don't like to the House floor..
  • Headhunter 13 2012/06/21 17:46:05
    Yes
    Headhunter 13
    he is more two faced than Janus.
  • ProudProgressive 2012/06/21 17:39:24 (edited)
    No
    ProudProgressive
    First of all States don't have the right to obstruct legal Federal policies. Second of all, the reason that the States' representatives aren't part of the decision making process is because they CHOOSE not to be, preferring to do everything they can to make the American people suffer and to prevent any legislation that might actually benefit the 99%.

    (And ps - if you think that the elected representatives give a damn about their states other than to con them into voting them back in, you're not very perceptive. They are supposed to be in Washington to represent their states, but the reality is that they are there to represent the Koch Brothers or anyone else who will pay them enough to sacrifice the American people's needs)
  • nverumind ProudPr... 2012/06/21 18:59:06
    nverumind
    +2
    States can and have often taken steps to resist federal acts that they dont agree with such as extremely unconstitutional and misguided efforts as “nullification.” But while nullification is ill-conceived, we should not be led in the opposite direction to think that the federal government is all that matters. States play a critical role in balancing against the federal government’s tendency to grab power it doesn’t "lawfully" possess.
    James Madison said it best, "the Constitution creates a “compound republic” in which the states will work as vigilant guardians of their own prerogatives and against Washington D.C.’s efforts to aggrandize power to itself."
  • ProudPr... nverumind 2012/06/21 19:25:55
    ProudProgressive
    +1
    I agree with you. The reason that the states send representatives to Congress, especially to the Senate, is SUPPOSED to be so that the interests of each individual constituency has a voice and a compromise that addresses divergent needs of different regions can be arrived at. That process has broken down to a large extent, and we now have Senators who seem more concerned with "philosophical" positions than the actual needs of their constituents. They will push for one earmark or another to satisfy the people back home, but they generally are more concerned with issues that might not be relevant at all to their own states.

    I don't know how to fix it, other than to try our best to look for candidates who are not beholden to special interests, but there aren't many of those on either side of the aisle.
  • nverumind ProudPr... 2012/06/21 19:27:16
    nverumind
    too right there!
  • nverumind ProudPr... 2012/06/21 18:59:39 (edited)
    nverumind
    +1
    btw i agree with your (PS).

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