Has
there ever been a president with so little regard for the United States
Constitution? The supposed
Constitutional-Scholar-in Chief is either unaware or deliberately disregarding
the cornerstone document of this exceptional country. If it were an isolated situation, there might
be a way to rationalize his behavior but this is an ongoing pattern of
disrespect for the Constitution, Congress, and our Republic.
Stepping
back and reviewing his performance to date, one can only shudder at the
prospect of his having “more flexibility” upon reelection. What happens to our system of checks and
balances when an imperial president decrees which laws will be enforced and
which laws will be disregarded? What
happens to a nation dedicated to a rule of law when a single man can dictate
what is “the right thing to do” versus what is constitutionally legal? This country recoiled from the “divine right of kings” when it was founded
and it certainly doesn’t need a pretender to the throne today! Worse yet, contempt for one law breeds
contempt for all laws.
The
Imperial President and Constitutional-Scholar-In-Chief didn’t think the Defense
of Marriage Act was constitutional so doesn’t defend it. Keep in mind that he was a junior associate
attorney for only about four working years, handled only about thirty cases,
and never argued in front of the Supreme Court.
He also unilaterally decided that some states do not have to follow the
No Child Left Behind federal education law.
Likewise, after all the shenanigans necessary to get the
constitutionally questionable Affordable Health Care Act (sic) enacted
(Cornhusker Kickback, Louisiana Purchase, midnight vote, and “we have to pass
it to know what is in it”), he has now by Imperial Decree granted 1,500 plus
waivers to mostly unions, favored companies and of course, AARP. Then there’s the famous “prosecutorial
discretion” he gave to the Department of Justice when it came to states that
enacted medical marijuana laws. Given his
high school days as a self-proclaimed “toker-in-chief” status, that came as no
surprise. The media has yet to clarify
exactly when he stopped smoking dope but that comes as no surprise either.
It
must be that same “prosecutorial discretion” that allowed the New Black Panther
Party to skate on voter intimidation charges.
If the Department of Justice had used a little more discretion in their
ill-advised “Fast and Furious” give free guns to Mexican gangsters fiasco,
Brian Terry would be alive today. Given
their track records, DOJ, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security
should probably have a lot less latitude rather than more discretion. It is these agencies that carry out the
Imperial Decrees. It is these agencies
that forbade Catholic institutions to follow their own religious rights of
conscience and imposed governmental mandates on first, the church, and
secondly, on private insurance companies.
Of course, if the commerce clause can be used to take over one-sixth of
the private sector economy and impose purchase requirements on all citizens,
what’s a little speed bump of religious freedom along the way!
When
the federal government proves unable to secure its own borders and states must
take the necessary measures to protect themselves, it is prosecutorial
discretion that allows DOJ to join forces with Mexico to prosecute
Arizona. It’s that same discretion and
presidential guidance that allows DOJ to prosecute states for legally enacting
voter identification laws under the canard that being able to prove you are who
you say you are is some sort of inordinately heavy and/or discriminatory
burden.
The
latest Imperial Decree allows prosecutorial discretion to Homeland Security
when it comes to deportation of young illegal aliens. Cynics naturally expect that those of voting
age who receives reprieves will immediately receive absentee ballots with one
imperial name already checked.
Naturally, Janet Napolitano would never abuse her discretion. Oh, wait… it’s the same sort of discretion
that allows Ms. Napolitano to deny the State of Florida access to her data base
to verify the citizenship of voters on Florida rolls and simultaneously allows DOJ
to sue Florida for purging their rolls of ineligible voters. At this stage of the game, there is only one
person who profits by keeping ineligible voters on the rolls.
When
laws are held in contempt, chaos and anarchy will ensue. In times of social or financial chaos, don’t
be surprised when a dictator emerges to bring things back to “normal.” It’s the history of our world.
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