Every president between Truman and Obama have told the people the President is where the buck stops when it comes to most anything. They’re wrong.
Jun 17, 2010 | Categories:Featured, Federalism | Tags: power, president |
If you needed any proof of the fact that the two major political parties are out for themselves and lack even a shred of principle, here is the evidence.
Jun 15, 2010 | Categories:Constitution, Featured, History | Tags: obama, president |
by Michael Boldin The framers of the Constitution attempted to balance the power of the President as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the representatives of the People. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution gives to the Executive Branch the command of the nation’s armed forces, while Article I, Section 8 gives to the Legislative [...]
Jul 12, 2008 | Categories:War | Tags: bob barr, Congress, Constitution, president, War, War Powers |
by Clay Barham If there were ever a time where the founding principle of America, as a nation, is justified again, it is the issue of state sovereignty. The notion of multiple governing entities, contractually united for a few common and limited purposes, where all else are functions of each state, is apparent in the [...]
Jul 10, 2008 | Categories:State Sovereignty Movement | Tags: Government, mccain, obama, president, state Sovereignty |
As usual, this election season, the Presidential candidates are telling us how they’ll make life better for you. They’ll improve the economy, help your investments, protect you from harm, help you get a raise, ensure that you’ll keep your home, and much, much more. The problem, of course, is that most of what these candidates [...]
Jun 21, 2008 | Categories:Federalism | Tags: 10th Amendment, Elections, Federalism, Government, president, State Sovereignty |
Cross-Posted from DailyKos.com with permission of the author, Crashing Vor Watching Keith [Olbermann] just now, I heard him mention Antonin “Nino” Scalia’s dissenting opinion from today’s ruling in regards habeas corpus rights for detainees. The lowlight of Justice Scalia’s opinion was the paragraph: “The game of bait-and-switch that today’s opinion plays upon the Nation’s Commander [...]
Jun 13, 2008 | Categories:War | Tags: 10th Amendment, commander-in-chief, Executive Power, Guest Commentary, Habeas Corpus, justice-scalis, limited-powers, Louie Ludwig, militar, Positive Grant, president, supreme-court |
by Ivan Eland More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the administration’s horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, the recently released memos are even scarier [...]
May 14, 2008 | Categories:Government | Tags: commander-in-chief, Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Executive Branch, Executive Power, fifth-amendment, fourth-amendment, Government, Guest Commentary, imperialism, presidency, president, Torture, War Powers |
A recent OpEd by Mario Cuomo in the Los Angeles Times, What The Constitution Says About Iraq, gave some surprisingly good analysis of how the Iraq war is a direct violation of the constitution. Here’s a few tidbits:
Sep 04, 2007 | Categories:Positive Grant | Tags: article-i-section-8, Congress, Constitution, declaration-of-war, declare-war, Enumerated Powers, Executive Branch, Executive Power, iraq, mario-cuomo, Positive Grant, president, War, War Powers |
Not my Commander in Chief
Cross-Posted from DailyKos.com with permission of the author, Crashing Vor Watching Keith [Olbermann] just now, I heard him mention Antonin “Nino” Scalia’s dissenting opinion from today’s ruling in regards habeas corpus rights for detainees. The lowlight of Justice Scalia’s opinion was the paragraph: “The game of bait-and-switch that today’s opinion plays upon the Nation’s Commander [...]
Jun 13, 2008 | Categories:War | Tags: 10th Amendment, commander-in-chief, Executive Power, Guest Commentary, Habeas Corpus, justice-scalis, limited-powers, Louie Ludwig, militar, Positive Grant, president, supreme-court | 5 Comments »