Not just idiots, evil idiots.
--- On Sun, 3/21/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Executive Order Hijinx > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:17 PM > http://bit.ly/d0nvIr > > - - - > I know we tire of the hypocrisy, but I really think this > is > remarkable. We spent the eight years through January 19, > 2009, > listening to Democrats complain that President Bush had > purportedly > caused a constitutional crisis by issuing signing > statements when he > signed bills into law. Democrats and Arlen Specter (now a > Democrat) > complained that these unenforceable, non-binding > expressions of the > executive's interpretation of the laws Bush was signing > were a > usurpation Congress's power to enact legislation. > > But now Democrats are going to abide not a mere signing > statement but > an executive order that purports to have the effect of > legislation — > in fact, has the effect of nullifying legislation that > Congress is > simultaneously enacting? > > The Susan B. Anthony List observation that EOs can be > rescinded at the > president's whim is of course true. This particuar EO is > also a > nullity — presidents cannot enact laws, the Supreme Court > has said > they cannot impound funds that Congress allocates, and (as > a friend > points out) the line-item veto has been held > unconstitutional, so they > can't use executive orders to strike provisions in a bill. > So this > anti-abortion EO is blatant chicanery: if the pro-lifers > purport to be > satisfied by it, they are participating in a transparent > fraud and > selling out the pro-life cause. > > But even if all that weren't true, how do we go from > congressional > Democrats claiming that signing statements were a shredding > of the > Constitution to congressional Democrats acquiescing in a > claim that > the president can enact or cancel out statutory law by > diktat? > - - - > > The idiot Dems who think this EO is binding, much less > Constitutional, > are going to doom this country to perpetual poverty by > signing onto a > fundamental remaking by-hook-and-crook of our social > contract, which > is what Obamacare really is, stripped of all the bogus > pretenses about > having to do with health care. > > Idiots. > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this > country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an > increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that > enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of > foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted > by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can > be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but > those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the > faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers > #59] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
