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From testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday:
REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA): Professor Turley, the constitution, the system of separated powers is not simply about stopping one branch of government from usurping another. It's about protecting the liberty of Americans from the dangers of concentrated government power. How does the president's unilateral modification of act of Congress affect both the balance of power between the political branches and the liberty interests of the American people?
JONATHAN TURLEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The danger is quite severe. The problem with what the president is doing is that he's not simply posing a danger to the constitutional system. He's becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid. That is the concentration of power in every single branch. This Newtonian orbit that the three branches exist in is a delicate one but it is designed to prevent this type of concentration.
There is two trends going on which should be of equal concern to all members of Congress. One is that we have had the radical expansion of presidential powers under both President Bush and President Obama. We have what many once called an imperial presidency model of largely unchecked authority. And with that trend we also have the continued rise of this fourth branch. We have agencies that are quite large that issue regulations. The Supreme Court said recently that agencies could actually define their own or interpret their own jurisdiction.
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Obama's "Become The Very Danger The Constitution Was Designed To Avoid"
From testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday:
REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA): Professor Turley, the constitution, the system of separated powers is not simply about stopping one branch of government from usurping another. It's about protecting the liberty of Americans from the dangers of concentrated government power. How does the president's unilateral modification of act of Congress affect both the balance of power between the political branches and the liberty interests of the American people?
JONATHAN TURLEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The danger is quite severe. The problem with what the president is doing is that he's not simply posing a danger to the constitutional system. He's becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid. That is the concentration of power in every single branch. This Newtonian orbit that the three branches exist in is a delicate one but it is designed to prevent this type of concentration.
There is two trends going on which should be of equal concern to all members of Congress. One is that we have had the radical expansion of presidential powers under both President Bush and President Obama. We have what many once called an imperial presidency model of largely unchecked authority. And with that trend we also have the continued rise of this fourth branch. We have agencies that are quite large that issue regulations. The Supreme Court said recently that agencies could actually define their own or interpret their own jurisdiction.
- Now This Is What I Can Call Fundamental Transformation ..no Not The Amnesty, It’s Real Purpose
Barack Obama has no clue about many things. He has no idea about the motivations of Khamenei, Ping of China, Putin, Erdogan, HAMAS, the Muslim Brotherhood, and on and on. In foreign affairs he always remains me of an epitaph of LBJ vs Ho Chi Minh, that...
- Unprecedented Territory
Our nation will be entering unprecedented territory if the President grants immigration amnesty via executive order. Constitutional scholar Jonthan Turley on that topic: In December 2013, about the President's changes to the ACA, Mr. Turley stated...
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Omaha.com: Midlands Voices: Stop Obamacare in its tracks By Ben Sasse The author has served as chief of staff for the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy and as assistant U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services under President George...
- Roger Simon Asks, "is Obama’s “czar System” Grounds For Impeachment?"
I think it is. The reality is, Congress doesn't seem to care that Obama (the Executive Branch) are outright stealing power away from the Legislative Branch. Every new Czar appointment is a bitch-slap in the face of the Congress and the Senate. And,...
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I had come to the conclusion a while back that congress cannot by statute limit the power of the executive as granted by the Constitution. It takes an amendment to do this. I have seen some good arguments to the reverse like this one about default vs...