On Constitutional Concerns

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On Constitutional Concerns        

Last week the media focused on President Obama's basic eligibility to be 
president while ignoring the unconstitutional manner in which he governs.  
For example, his recent use of a signing statement to affect a line-item veto 
on a bill he signed into law as president.  The recent continuing resolution 
to fund the government through September had an amendment that defunded four 
of his czar positions as a cost-cutting measure.  These "czars" are 
administration appointees who exercise influence on policy matters, yet 
because they are classified as "advisors" and not cabinet officials, the 
President is able to avoid the Senate confirmation process.
 
President Obama agreed to defund the czar positions before passage as part of 
some very tough negotiations, and then afterwards "clarified" his position 
with a signing statement saying that he would ignore that portion of the 
law.  Many battles have been fought in the past over whether or not the 
president should have line-item veto power.  That debate is essentially 
settled.  The president does not have that power, as that gives the executive 
too much legislative power.  This administration just over-rode all of those 
debates with a single signing statement and assumed the power that no one 
would willingly give him.
 
This comes on the heels of this so-called peace candidate, who hasn't ended a 
single war, taking us into yet another war without a declaration from 
Congress.  The military commanders don't seem to have batted an eyelash at 
obeying unconstitutional orders despite their oaths of office.  The bombings 
continue without a second thought.  So here we have an executive who 
illegally legislates and single-handedly takes the nation to war.  Obviously 
there are bigger constitutional issues here than the form of his birth 
certificate.
 
The release of the birth certificate unfortunately trumped media coverage of 
the historic first-ever press conference held by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben 
Bernanke.  Usually he testifies before congressional hearings and I, as a 
congressman ask him questions, but on Wednesday, he spoke before the press 
and took questions from reporters.  Other central banks do this kind of thing 
all the time, but for the Fed, this was a first and a sign that they are 
feeling pushback from the people about what they are doing to our money.  Of 
course, nothing of any real substance was said, so it was a hollow, if 
interesting gesture on the part of the Fed.
 
The Fed will never voluntarily give up the information we need to know about 
what they've been doing.  The Fed spent the money – so what happened to it?  
We need to keep the pressure on and demand a full audit of the Federal 
Reserve.

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