For example, the merits or demerits of President Obama's recent executive order, suspending legal liability for young people who are here illegally, presumably as a result of being brought here as children by their parents, can be debated pro and con. But such a debate overlooks the much more fundamental undermining of the whole American system of Constitutional government.
The separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial branches of government is at the heart of the Constitution of the United States -- and the Constitution is at the heart of freedom for Americans.
No President of the United States is authorized to repeal parts of legislation passed by Congress. He may veto the whole legislation, but then Congress can override his veto if they have enough votes. Nevertheless, every President takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws that have been passed and sustained -- not just the ones he happens to agree with.
If laws passed by the elected representatives of the people can be simply over-ruled unilaterally by whoever is in the White House, then we are no longer a free people, choosing what laws we want to live under.
When a President can ignore the plain language of duly passed laws, and substitute his own executive orders, then we no longer have "a government of laws, and not of men" but a President ruling by decree, like the dictator in some banana republic.
When we confine our debates to the merits or demerits of particular executive orders, we are tacitly accepting arbitrary rule. The Constitution of the United States cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution. But, if we allow ourselves to get bogged down in the details of particular policies imposed by executive orders, and vote solely on that basis, then we have failed to protect the Constitution -- and ourselves.
It got really blatant when FDR forced the Supreme Court to accept the New Deal. That's pretty much when they turned into a rubber stamp.
Things like the individual income tax (still not Constitutional), the Federal Reserve, and getting entangled with foreign countries' international relations were catastrophes, back in the early 20th Century.
Lincoln pretty much destroyed America when he sent federal troops against the States. Not to mention things like suspending habeus corpus, throwing dissenting judges into prison, and suppressing freedom of the press. It was around about this same time that corporations started their takeover of the government.
Then again, it's not like Jefferson was innocent. And most people with a clue regard him as the major proponent of freedom in America. The Louisiana Purchase was blatantly unconstitutional.
Despite the express recorded intent of the Constitution Convention (and the vocal opposition of Madison and Jefferson), George Washington listened to the monarchist Hamilton and signed the First Bank of the US into law. Thus setting us on the path of mercantilism (which was a huge part of what the Revolution was fought against). Leading us pretty much directly to the mess we have today.
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It got really blatant when FDR forced the Supreme Court to accept the New Deal. That's pretty much when they turned into a rubber stamp.
Things like the individual income tax (still not Constitutional), the Federal Reserve, and getting entangled with foreign countries' international relations were catastrophes, back in the early 20th Century.
Lincoln pretty much destroyed America when he sent federal troops against the States. Not to mention things like suspending habeus corpus, throwing dissenting judges into prison, and suppressing freedom of the press. It was around about this same time that corporations started their takeover of the government.
Then again, it's not like Jefferson was innocent. And most people with a clue regard him as the major proponent of freedom in America. The Louisiana Purchase was blatantly unconstitutional.
Despite the express recorded intent of the Constitution Convention (and the vocal opposition of Madison and Jefferson), George Washington listened to the monarchist Hamilton and signed the First Bank of the US into law. Thus setting us on the path of mercantilism (which was a huge part of what the Revolution was fought against). Leading us pretty much directly to the mess we have today.
The Constitution itself was a coup, initiated by a bunch of rich white guys who worried that the uppity peasants might actually succeed in one of the rebellions against the perceived tyranny of the new government.
It's arguable that the Revolution itself was the first step toward destroying "America" (although it obviously couldn't have been called the US at the time). The Founding Fathers were some of the freest, most lightly taxed people in the history of the planet. The rich folk realized they could manipulate things even more effectively without Britain (and her mercantilst partners) interfering and drummed up the passions of patriotism, wrapped in the trappings of freedom, eventually driving England to war against us.
This view and interpretation of American history may very be just as skewed as what's taught in public schools all over the country. But my point is that Obama isn't doing anything new, which is what this question seems to imply is happening.
as he was PUT in OFFICE
by those who R intent on
DESTROYING US!
He said he would.
Didn't you believe him?
Nothing this president does passes the smell test.
Your hypocrisy is just amazing. What I despise is taking the country with a balanced federal budget to one of deficits. Yet you who prefer the huge deficits consider yourself conservative? lol, you are not.
Love you phony conservatives. You just refuse to accept responsibility for your pinko commie policies. Pathetic.
1.5 GDP
35%-46% loss in personal wealth
8.3 unemployment (over 8% for 42 straight months)More unemployed now than when Bo took office (actual unemployed/under employed at 16-20%)
Worse recovery since WW II
Debt when Mr. Bush took office: $5.7 trillion
November 2006 ........8.5 Trillion Democrats win over Congrees
January 2007 ............8.7 Trillion Democrats in charge of Congress
November 2007 ........9 Trillion
January 2008 ............9.2 Trillion
November 2008 ......10.5Trillion Democrats & Obama in Control
January 2009 ..........10.6 Trillion
January 2010 ..........12.3 Trillion
November 2010 ......13.7 Trillion Republicans win over US House
January 2011 ..........14 Trillion Republicans control US House
July 2011 ................ 14.3 Trillion
August 1012.............15.9 trillion in debt (without oblunder/pelosi Scare)
Under the Obama Regime 5.4 Trillion Dollars was added to the debt in two years. 5.6 Trillion since the Democrats took control. Nevertheless, Barack Hussein Obama wants to blame the debt crisis on George W. Bush."
Gas prices Doubled, hurting middle and lower income families harder disproportionately
Health insurance up 42%, hurti...
1.5 GDP
35%-46% loss in personal wealth
8.3 unemployment (over 8% for 42 straight months)More unemployed now than when Bo took office (actual unemployed/under employed at 16-20%)
Worse recovery since WW II
Debt when Mr. Bush took office: $5.7 trillion
November 2006 ........8.5 Trillion Democrats win over Congrees
January 2007 ............8.7 Trillion Democrats in charge of Congress
November 2007 ........9 Trillion
January 2008 ............9.2 Trillion
November 2008 ......10.5Trillion Democrats & Obama in Control
January 2009 ..........10.6 Trillion
January 2010 ..........12.3 Trillion
November 2010 ......13.7 Trillion Republicans win over US House
January 2011 ..........14 Trillion Republicans control US House
July 2011 ................ 14.3 Trillion
August 1012.............15.9 trillion in debt (without oblunder/pelosi Scare)
Under the Obama Regime 5.4 Trillion Dollars was added to the debt in two years. 5.6 Trillion since the Democrats took control. Nevertheless, Barack Hussein Obama wants to blame the debt crisis on George W. Bush."
Gas prices Doubled, hurting middle and lower income families harder disproportionately
Health insurance up 42%, hurting middle and lower income families harder disproportionately
Food prices up 17-22 %, hurting middle and lower income families harder disproportionately
QE 1 and 2 has monetized the national debt by $4 trillion dollars that we know of, sending the effective infation to 12-17%
and last but not least, (nor really last)
This problem started at the end of the Clinton administration. Obviously both parties played a roll in this.
http://chicagoagainstobama.wo...
Follow the link read and watch the video and learn something
"The Obama executive order is great news for many young "dreamers" and their families—great, great news. It will change a lot of lives in the short term, giving a generation of young people a measure of hope for the future.
If only it were as good as it seems—if only it were a real solution.
The problem: It's a short-term stopgap—it only postpones these young people's day of reckoning with U.S. immigration authorities. Any real, long-term solution still has to go through Congress—and it has to be bipartisan. And President Barack Obama's brazenly partisan political act only makes that harder."
http://www.usnews.com/debate-...
For a listing of all Presidential Executive orders:
http://www.archives.gov/feder...
Obama has signed more executive orders than ANY OTHER PRES IN HISTORY including FDR who had what...14 (?) years??? What else would you call it???
Now he plans to help the middle class by stopping the useless give-aways to drug companies, banks and the top 1%. This will bring about the destruction of the country by spreading wealth to everybody, not just the top 1%.
He's a bastard.
Obama is being the cause is nothing but a straw-man argument at best.
Who do you think you're fooling... You've probably support dysfunction because other won't accept your brand of ideology...
So like a child you kind throw tantrums and blame others... It's nothing new...