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?















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
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..
(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)
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."
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.