Emily Miller of The Washington Times reports that Obama plans to violate the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill he signed on Friday. Instead, he issued a signing statement that he and Eric Holder’s Justice Department believe the bill is “subject to well-founded constitutional objections.” (Here’s the text of the statement.)
What are they? That Congress has asked to be notified if U.S. troops are placed under foreign command. It does not ban the practice of placing U.S. troops under foreign generals; it simply requires that Congress be notified beforehand. Yet Obama whines the bill he signed “disallows the expenditure of funds ‘for any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United States Armed Forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national,’ unless my military advisers have advised that such an involvement is in the national interest, and unless I have made the same recommendation to the Congress.”
Placing U.S. troops under foreign command has been controversial for decades — and had been unthinkable for more than 100 years after the ratification of the Constitution. Then-Congressman Doug Bereuter, R-Nebraska, said on the House floor in 1995, “There is a serious question whether foreign command can ever be constitutional.” Even those on the Right who would allow the possibility do so only under limited circumstances. Liberals in the Justice Department have argued for the president’s unlimited use of the military, under UN command, just as long. Evidently this president views Congressmen asking him for notification when he is violating their war-making powers beyond the pale.
Obama is also livid Congressional Republicans have “once again included provisions that would bar the use of appropriated funds for transfers of Guantanamo detainees into the United States.” Obama threatened to use executive powers to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the mainland last December, before backing down.
The bill — which Obama signed — defunded four of his nine czars. Zero-funding these offices, Obama wrote, “could prevent me from fulfilling my constitutional responsibilities.”
Altogether, these acts, Obama writes, represent “constitutionally impermissible forms of congressional aggrandizement.”
Obama had criticized George W. Bush for using signing statements (rightly, in my opinion) but began using them himself shortly into his first year in office. As this author was the first to report, since losing control of Congress, Obama has ruled by executive order, regulation, and federal fiats, side-stepping Congress altogether.
This kind of move shows just how shameless Obama is: He is willing to use a signing statement to ignore provisions of a law he signed in order to preserve his ability to engage in a practice that almost certainly violates the U.S. Constitution. Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator summarizes:
This isn’t just a matter of choosing how to interpret unclear provisions of a law; this is explicitly refusing to abide by clear-as-day provisions in a law he just signed. As I have written repeatedly, this man has dangerously authoritarian tendencies. He is a menace.
Obama is a menace to our freedoms that must be removed from office.
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What is going to happen in 2012 pertaining to Barack Hussein Obama and the White House:
1. Iraq will be a “lost cause” since Obama places politics (his campaign promises) above the favorable ending and outcome with this country. American troops should have not been pulled in full just to pacify his campaign promises because of the fluid situation in this country. Why? Sunni’s feel left out of the government. Sectarian violence will continue and even increase and thus allowing Iran to enter the picture.
2. B. Obama does not want the economy to better itself except for very small decreases in unemployment thereby allowing the White House to have an argument that it is getting better when it actually it isn’t. Why? In order for Obama to be able to rally and get support from his left wing base the argument of “The Rich have it all” has to be argued to further his socialist agenda.
3. The U.S. government will continue to expand in size by policies placed forward by the White House, making Big Government….bigger. This further places a tax burden, no growth, on the citizens to pay for this bigger government. Obama will again place the problem on “The Rich” to achieve this type of government. North Korea is a great example with its government and big military with nothing to “militarize”.
4. Iran: The White House is allowing Iran to expand their influence and rhetoric, especially in the Straights of Hormuz. If Iran attacks the shipping routes, Obama will become a War President and get re-elected “unless” the American people are brought to light of this situation. Why is Obama allowing this to happen? He fought new oil drilling permits in the Gulf. He slowed down and fought oil drilling permits on the mainland. He is fighting the Keystone Pipeline project all the while Iran is telling the world that the Straights of Hormuz will be closed. It is obvious he wants a NO OIL policy which supports his green at every cost agenda.
Too bad that obama is in there, we need to vote him out Love DG
It proves one thing about Obozo, our Liar in Chief, he don’t give a damn about the laws oif this Country, that he claims he hates, and is in the process of destroying!! He has commited multiple FELONIES while in office, and Congress looks the other way, and the “supreme”Court will not hear a case against him, because they know he is illigit!! If convicted of a Felony, he loses his pension!!! That would be SUPER!
If what he is saying is true, he is not following his oath to protect and defend the constitution. He had already defied the Defence of Marriage Act which was already a law signed by another president. Doesn’t the fact that he said he was going to ignore this bill, signed by him, show that he is usurping his responsibilities as an American President, and fall on the high crimes and misdemeanors provision for impeachment. Obama has already defiled the office of president, by his illegal use of taxpayer money for his own personal use, used military power on a sovereign country, put the United States in a first ever downgrade of the credit rating, and nationalizing industries, banks, and energy. He blames Bush for creating the economic mess he inherited, yet he has made it worse.
Right on Willhen!! Obozo our Liar in Chief has lied about everything else, and cannot tell the truth! Truth is Sacred, and he has nothing to do with the sacred, but them most muslims don’t anyway!!
Love these Scriptures about LIARS!!
Eccl. 20:28 The manners of lying men are without honor: and their confusion is with them without ceasing.
Eccl:26-27 A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of a man without discipline..
Eccl: 27..A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them will inherit destruction.!!!
I CANNOT GET STARTED ON THIS POS, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DELETED, WHAT I WILL SAY THIS IS THE SORRIEST POS THAT WAS EVER DROPPED FROM A WOMB.
Msbets….If I may be so bold as to inform you that it is entirely possible to become pregnant from anal sex. OJUDAS is living proof of this freakish act. Which of course may be germane with the FACT that OJUDAS is a known fudge packer and a crackhead. A dog always returns to it’s vomit so to speak !
Just another reason to vote him and his ilk OUT in Nov 2012!!!!!
Isn’t failure of the POTUS to keep the Oath to uphold the Constitution an impeachable offense?
Isn’t it the responsibility of every Congressman and Senator who take the same oath to impeach the POTUS when he flagrantly takes unConstitutional actions?
As citizens, isn’t our responsibility to demand that our Congressmen and Senators do their job?
I’m not sure Obama would even notice since he’s either vacationing, playing golf or campaigning!
The failure of the congress is impeachable, passing 3,000 page laws without reading them. Bribing other congress people to get them to vote on a law. Adjourning congress session leaving a tax bill in limbo. Creating a first ever reduction in the credit rating of the US, this also falls on the president. The house members are the only ones that can start the impeachment process, and the senate does the prosecuting and with Reid in charge, it ain’t going to happen.
What is a Disrace is the fact that the Democratic
Party did not even attempt to field any opposition to prez bam obummer this election cycle! The
Democratic Party deserves to become a relic of failure and to immediately faid into complete obscurity.
The Democratic Party is nothing more than a “Communist” organization irregardless of whatever name they
go by whether that be ” ‘progressive,’ ‘Liberal,’ ” or what other limp name they can come up with! If
the Democratic Party has any integrity what-so-ever they will demand prez bam obummer step down and
nominate a candidate outside of his administration and the current Democratic Legislative elected
delegation and Judicial Appointees. Other wise it is the duty of the America people to do away with the
Communist Party!
Yes, Obama will continue breaking the laws of our land and continue violating our Constitution until somebody in Congress stands up to him and actually presses “Contempt of Congress” charges against him for violations of the Seperation of Powers Clause of our Constitution, or begins Impeachment Charges against him for the said violations.
Unless members of Congress does either of these two things nothing will stop him except being voted out in 2012. This is exactly we need a President that actually does follow the Constitution instead of having a President that attempts to find every way he can around the Constitution, the Seperation of Powers Clause, and any limits in the Powers of the Presidency. Unfortunately, our founding fathers did not put a provision into our Constitution to allow the general public to begin Impeachment proceedings against a sitting president.
AMEN ! WE NEED RON PAUL !!!!
Oh my! BO says he’ll have a hard time fulfilling his constitutional obligations without 4 or his Czars? He is the epitome of someone failing to fulfill his constitutional obligation. Or he has selective knowledge of them. His first obligation WAS to admit he was not eligible to be POTUS to begin with. Without having to demonstrate any proof of it, anyone would be able to falsify their eligibility, Sort of like has already been done for the New Hampshire primaries ballot, and subsequently the election ballot.
Don’t you understand?
He’s a mole.
Full investigation and impeachment are vital.
Don’t you understand?
He’s a mole.
Full investigation and impeachment are vital.
Well America, at least those who voted for Obama, how do you like his, “CHANGE” now? Is this what you thought his ,”CHANGE” meant? And, all the african americans, did you get what he promised you? How many african americans recieved that. “OBAMA MONEY”, you said you would get? Was he talking about your unemployment most americans have been on since he became president? Was that the Obama Money he was referring to? Well America, How do like him now? He doesn’t listen to the People of America, and what he really want is, to become America’s permanent leader, isn’t that a nightmare of a thought? The problem there is, if he is voted BACK in, that nightmare just may become a reality. Why do I say that, well is he paying attention to America’s Consitution? And, is our VOTED IN Leadership doing anything about all the illegal crap that he has already done that is against our Consitution? Hell NO, they haven’t, so I see a very possible reality coming forth, IF Obama is VOTED back IN.