O'bomb'a Is The First President Ever To Violate
'WAR POWERS ACT'
Even Bush Didn't Do This!
Barack Obama's Administration Is Breaking New Ground In Its Construction Of An Imperial Presidency With The Continued Bombing Of Libya.
OBAMA SAID:
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" -- candidate Barack Obama, December, 2007
"No more ignoring the law when it's inconvenient. That is not who we are. . . . We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers" -- candidate Barack Obama, August 1, 2007
After the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which granted the president the power to act unilaterally for 60 days in response to a "national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." The law gave the chief executive an additional 30 days to disengage if he failed to gain congressional assent during the interim. But, again, these provisions have little to do with the constitutionality of the Libyan intervention, since Libya did not attack our "armed forces." The president failed to mention this fundamental point in giving Congress notice of his decision on Monday, in compliance with another provision of the resolution. Without an armed "attack," there is no compelling reason for the president to cut Congress out of a crucial decision on war and peace. The U.S. Congress should take fundamental steps to bring the imperial presidency under control. In the aftermath of Watergate, Congress went beyond the War Powers Resolution to enact a series of framework statutes that tried to impose the rule of law on a runaway presidency.
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Obama Has No Idea What Year It Is
'WAR POWERS ACT'
Even Bush Didn't Do This!
Barack Obama's Administration Is Breaking New Ground In Its Construction Of An Imperial Presidency With The Continued Bombing Of Libya.
OBAMA SAID:
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" -- candidate Barack Obama, December, 2007
"No more ignoring the law when it's inconvenient. That is not who we are. . . . We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers" -- candidate Barack Obama, August 1, 2007
After the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which granted the president the power to act unilaterally for 60 days in response to a "national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." The law gave the chief executive an additional 30 days to disengage if he failed to gain congressional assent during the interim. But, again, these provisions have little to do with the constitutionality of the Libyan intervention, since Libya did not attack our "armed forces." The president failed to mention this fundamental point in giving Congress notice of his decision on Monday, in compliance with another provision of the resolution. Without an armed "attack," there is no compelling reason for the president to cut Congress out of a crucial decision on war and peace. The U.S. Congress should take fundamental steps to bring the imperial presidency under control. In the aftermath of Watergate, Congress went beyond the War Powers Resolution to enact a series of framework statutes that tried to impose the rule of law on a runaway presidency.
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Obama Has No Idea What Year It Is
This is how President Obama signed the guestbook at Westminster Abbey on Twesday 24, 2011 , where he got a tour from the Reverend Dr. John Hall and laid a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. "It is a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage, and common sacrifice." (signed) Barack Obama 24 May 2008 It was going along nicely until he got the date wrong by three years. Granted, 2008 was a great year for him.
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