Text 20731, 85 rader
Skriven 2008-09-13 15:00:08 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
  Kommentar till text 20686 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Things Change
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Hello Roy,

>st>'somewhere in the middle' -- but I want Bush and his cronies out of
>st>the Whitehouse.

>RC>A certainty, the constitution guarantee's that.

>LL>The U.S. Constitution guarantees nothing of the sort.

RW>It does.

Not at all.

>LL>All it says is an individual is limited to being elected to two
>LL>consecutive terms.

RW>It also says that the Congress shall makes laws:

The U.S. Constitution is a very simple document, spelling out the
powers of each branch of government.  The executive branch has the
power to enforce he law.  The legislative branch has the power to
write the law.  The judicial branch has the power to interpret the
law.  There has always been a tug of war between the three branches
of government, especially between the executive and legislative
branches.  But in times of national emergency, it is the president
who almost always gets his way, with the congress going along with
almost everything the president wants.

RW>Federal law provides a variety of powers for the President to use in
RW>response to crisis, exigency, or emergency circumstances threatening the
RW>nation.

RW>Moreover, they are not limited to military or war situations.

A president can declare a national emergency exists, whether it is
real or imagined, and basically do whatever the hell he wants.

RW>Some of these authorities, deriving from the Constitution or statutory
RW>law, are continuously available to the President with little or no
RW>qualification.

A president can make something up and people will believe him.

RW>Other-statutory delegations from Congress exist on a standby
RW>basis and remain dormant until the President formally declares
RW>a national emergency.

And with no real power to oppose whatever a president wants to do,
virtually all congresscritters go along with the prez in whatever he
chooses to do.  The Patriot Act comes to mind, and other legislation
passed just after the events of 9-11.

RW>These delegations or grants of power authorize the President to meet the
RW>problems of governing effectively in times of crisis. Under the powers
RW>delegated by such statutes, the President may seize property, organize and
RW>control the means of production, seize commodities, assign military forces
RW>abroad, institute martial law, seize and control all transportation and
RW>communication, regulate the operation of private enterprise, restrict
RW>travel, and, in a variety of ways, control the lives of United States
RW>citizens.

Thus making the president de facto Dictator.

RW>However, Congress may modify, rescind, or render dormant such delegated
RW>emergency authority.

Not likely to happen, given a national emergency (whether real or
contrived).

RW>Pretty smart, those framers of the Constitution.

Well, they were lawyers.  Most of them.  And they did want to protect
their own assets/properties first and foremost.  Extremely wealthy, old,
white, men.  No rights for black folks.  No rights for women.  No rights
for poor folks.  No rights for lots of others.  The framers of the
Constitution (different from the Founding Fathers) did indeed know what
they were doing.

--Lee


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