WILL A SPINELESS CONGRESS ALLOW MORE OBAMA LAWLESSNESS?

[First Coast Tea Party]

 

Will a Spineless Congress Allow More Obama Lawlessness?

By KrisAnneHall http://www.KrisAnneHall.com January 4, 2012 About six months ago I gave REAL reasons why Obama should be impeached. Now as part of President Obama's fundamental transformation of America, this lawless tyrant is intent upon completely overturning one of the most fundamental characteristics of our Republic; Separation of Powers.  The checks and balances in the American system were instituted for the express purpose of combating the rise of a tyrannical and oppressive government. Nonetheless, on December 31, 2011 Josh Earnest, White House deputy press secretary said, “the president will have a larger playing field. If that includes Congress, all the better," But, he added, "that's no longer a requirement."  The president did not waste any time in thumbing his nose at the rule of law.  Just today, the President announced the “recess appointment” for the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three new members to the National Labor Relations board.  So what is the problem?  Congress is NOT IN RECESS.  The President has made a complete end run of Congress and has violated his limitations in Separation of Powers.  But what is the big deal about Separation of Powers? James Madison points out in Federalist 47 that“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Our founders spent a great deal of time discussing separation of powers and believed that such separation was essential to the protection of our liberty.  The discussion of the time was not whether these branches SHOULD be separate, but to WHAT DEGREE they should be separate; the founders knowing, as Madison points out, that a separation of the three branches of government was necessary to preserve Liberty.  They all agreed that the accumulation of all powers by one person or a single group of people is the very definition of tyranny.  “Where the accumulation of power is possible, no further argument is necessary” to support a division and separation of those powers.  Madison declares: “…by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. “ Our Founders also believed that a certain amount “blending” of these departments was necessary to prevent one Branch from usurping power over the other.  This blending is what we know as checks and balances.  Madison understood that simply enumerating powers and identifying boundaries on paper would be an insufficient barrier “to the encroaching spirit of power.”  Liberty cannot be preserved unless you allow for departmental oversight. Madison made this point very clear: ”But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.” The abuses of this President definitely need to be controlled.  The absolute amazing thing about this entire scenario is that a President was IMPEACHED for the very thing that our current lawless Executive is doing. On March 3, 1867 Congress enacted the Tenure of Office Act over the veto of President Andrew Johnson.  The Tenure of Office Act was designed to prevent the President from removing any office holder appointed by a past president without the advice and consent of the Senate.  Johnson did not acknowledge this limitation and publicly declared the 39th Congress was not a Congress at all. He then removed the then Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton from office and appointed Ulysses S. Grant in his place. On February 24, 1868 the House of Representatives brought 11 articles of impeachment against Johnson according to article 2 of the Constitution.  Ten of these articles were dedicated to Johnson’s ignoring this Separation of Powers. Johnson was successfully impeached by the House, but was acquitted after trial.  Although several Governors had been impeached in the colonies, this was the first sitting president to be impeached.  Most impeachments have occurred due to the executive branch ignoring its limitations through separation of powers.  In this case, unlike today, Congress fulfilled their responsibility in the “checks and balance” aspect of the Separation of Power and impeached Johnson.  Our founders knew that these checks and balances MUST be utilized to prevent the natural course of men who wish to be tyrants. Madison explains: “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” If such strong checks were and are necessary to resist the tyranny of men, then why are these checks not being employed?  History and experience prove not only that Obama’s attempts to completely destroy liberty must be stopped, but that Congress has the ability to stop him.  What has happened to the integrity and resolve of the men and women we have elected to protect Liberty? I believe much of it has to do with a complete ignorance of history and a complete lack of understanding of the Constitution.  The House of Representatives, by their complete inaction, will allow another dangerous precedent to eat away at America’s Constitutional foundations.   The House must begin the impeachment process and end this unconstitutional usurpation by the executive branch, TODAY.  We cannot allow this tyranny to continue.  Congress must know if they will not stand for Liberty, WE WILL. Just a reminder, Congress, YOU WORK FOR US.  Your job obligations and responsibilities are clearly identified in the law, in the Constitution and in the “operator’s manual” written by those who wrote the Constitution.  If you don’t understand them, I am more than happy to come and teach you.  But do hear us, Congress… Do your job or be fired! Step up and defend Liberty.

[Kate Svagdis]

Yup, Sen Rubio's office said McConnell's looking into it, call McConnell -McConnells office said he said 'there's nothing we can do. Called Crenshaw, Mica, Nelson and Rubio and asked that NRLB be defunded and abolished-all said  they didn't know who would do that or who's responsible for funding ?????????

GOP are cowards and we to let them all know we know! OUT they go

[P3 Driver]

Cord, you got it.   They talk a good story but when it comes to putting words to action, it's "Hello???"

[Cord Byrd]

Nothing will be done because the  Republicans who hold federal office are by and large cowards.  They are afraid of Obama and he knows it.  Obama is daring them to challenge him and they shrink like violets.  Where is Marco Rubio or Ander Crenshaw?  When you call there offices all you get is "we're looking into it" or "we're waiting for leadership."  How about one of them step up and be the leader for once.

[LOTTO NICK !]

We need to also keep the pressure on Congress and vote them ALL OUT .

Replace them with ALL new Blood who are going there to REPRESENT THE PEOPLE and DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT ,NOT WHAT THEY THINK IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE !!!

We the people  need to MAKE  THE RULES OF CONGRESS ,eliminate thier pensions ,benefits etc , so they are not an ELITE GROUP  THAT FILL THIER POCKETS ,GET RICH AND EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM THE LAWS THEY MAKE FOR US LIKE DRUG TESTING AND INSIDER TRADING ETC 

They say by stripping pensions and benefits we would lose the best people to apply for the job.

THAT IS A JOKE.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THIS COUNTRY AND THEY ARE THE BEST???

THE BEST  WHITE COLLAR CROOKS MONEY CAN ATTACT IS WHAT THEY ARE .

MOST OF THE HAVE FELONIES AND SHOULD BE IN PRISON ,BUT THE RULES AND CONDUCT OF CONGRESS PROTECTS THEM.

IT IS A JOKE WHAT THEY HAVE CREATED AND WE HAVE ALLOWED !!!!!!!

[Robert Young]

Look at what Congress has allowed since 2008. Why would you expect them to step up and take a stand to defend Liberty now? We the People, the Citizens and Voters of America have job to do to save America and bring her back to strict Constitutional Government. By the Grace of God we Can Do It. The RINO'S and Liberals have to be voted out. We must elect a Constitutional Conservative President in 2012 AND elect a House and Senate controlled by Constitutional Conservatives. Ron Paul's plan to Restore America is, to date, the best plan I have seen offered by any Candidate. While I don't agree with all his ideas, no candidate is perfect and he will have a Constitutional Conservative House and Senate to help him. Together they will bring our Government back to the Constitution, downsize it, cut deficit spending by One Trillion Dollars his first year in Office, audit the Federal Reserve and probably abolish it, stop Foreign Aid, get the U.S. out of the U.N., and give We, the People, a balanced budget in his third year of Office. All these things our Country desperately needs. So Patriots, it is up to us, we can put our strength and votes behind good constitutionally Conservative Candidates and save America, the Greatest Country on Earth, or we can turn our backs and watch her be destroyed. As for me and mine, we will follow God and will fight and vote to save America. I ask you to step up and do the same.

[P3 Driver]

Good title for the blog "Will a spineless congress do nothing?"  We've been living with an unknown as president, someone with known ties to terrorists and criminals and no one is allowed to look at his records, and yet congress whistles their way past the graveyard.   Someone mentioned impeachment.  Ah, yeah, about time.   In the past the way scandals at the highest level were handled was via the press.  Ain't gonna happen, we all know that.  It is up to us, bang the drum til we get attention.   IMPEACH THE DICTATOR needs to be on all our cars. 

[daz wazzle]

Obama's a dictator and even Rush is afaraid to use the word. Now about Rick Santorum:

The fact is, Rick Santorum does have a long history of supporting gun control.

In the 90s, he voted to support the Lautenberg Gun Ban, which stripped law-abiding gun owners of their Second Amendment rights for life, simply because they spanked their children or did nothing more than grab a spouses wrist.

He voted for a bill in 1999 disguised as an attempt to increase penalties on drug traffickers with guns… but it also included a provision to require federal background checks at gun shows.

Rick Santorum came to anti-gun Arlen Specter’s defense in 2004 when he was down in the polls against pro-gun Republican Pat Toomey. Specter won and continued to push for gun control during his years in the Senate.

He also supported and openly campaigned for anti-gun New Jersey governor, Christine Todd Whitman.

And then he voted with gun-controlling Democrats Dianne Fienstein and Frank Lautenberg to mandate locks on handguns in 2005.

The 2nd amendment is always a hot topic. Most politicians don’t want to discuss it as it can make or break a campaign.

Do you know were your candidate of choice stands on the 2nd amendment issue?

Find out now at the Nation Association for Gun Rights website:

http://www.nationalgunrights.org

You have the right to know.

[Bettina]

I blame Congress all the way.  Obama has been doing this since he took office.  His czars and agencies are making law.  I wondered at first how they could ignore it, but now I believe it is because everyone in Washington is busy washing each other's back.  We, the ignorant constituents, just don't realize that government hasn't been by or for the people for decades.  It is government by and for the government and it's cronies. 

[M. Clarke]

Bravo!  Well said!