Tuesday, December 27, 2005

True Conservatives say "Enough"!

Conservative, in a good light, means "Careful regarding Change". It is a quality traditionally prevalent in the halls of power. In its best sense, it is a safeguard against reckless endeavors. True Conservatives are now realizing the constitutional mess that this radical corporatist administration has gotten us into:

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Barrons...

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Putting the president above the Congress is an invitation to tyranny. The president has no powers except those specified in the Constitution and those enacted by law. President Bush is stretching the power of commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy by indicating that he can order the military and its agencies, such as the National Security Agency, to do whatever furthers the defense of the country from terrorists, regardless of whether actual force is involved.

Surely the "strict constructionists" on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary eventually will point out what a stretch this is. The most important presidential responsibility under Article II is that he must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." That includes following the requirements of laws that limit executive power. There's not much fidelity in an executive who debates and lobbies Congress to shape a law to his liking and then goes beyond its writ.

Willful disregard of a law is potentially an impeachable offense.
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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Barrons...

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