Allison: On Obama’s Executive Actions
U.S. President Barack Obama believes the 112th Congress was largely unproductive – and that thYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
U.S. President Barack Obama believes the 112th Congress was largely unproductive – and that th
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“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their
illusions destroyed.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their
illusions destroyed.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Why even have a Legislative branch when policy makers, both political parties and the mainstream media have all bought into the Unitary Executive theory of governance? We do not elect a king, and our President should not act is if he is Louis XIV proclaiming “L’etat c’est moi.” We now have a President who claims the ability to wage war without Congressional approval and assassinate American citizens without due process or judicial review. It would be one thing if the Republicans were an alternative, but Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove were the architects of this same Unitary Executive theory Obama has willingly adopted.
Why even have a Legislative branch when policy makers, both political parties and the mainstream media have all bought into the Unitary Executive theory of governance? We do not elect a king, and our President should not act is if he is Louis XIV proclaiming “L’etat c’est moi.” We now have a President who claims the ability to wage war without Congressional approval and assassinate American citizens without due process or judicial review. It would be one thing if the Republicans were an alternative, but Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove were the architects of this same Unitary Executive theory Obama has willingly adopted.
his next executive order will will be to make himself Czar
his next executive order will will be to make himself Czar