Friday, May 18, 2012

HERE'S WHY OBAMA SHOULD BE IMPEACHED (more reasons)

EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMPEL
OBAMA IMPEACHMENT
HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FOR REMOVING OBAMA
UPDATE: On March 15th 2012, Barack Obama signed yet another anti-Tenth Amendment Executive Order, entitled "Establishing A White House Council On Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2)." Expanding the reach of a prior pilot initiative, this EO "improves the way the Federal Government engages with and supports local communities and regions."
Obama's Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) builds upon his Executive Order 13575 of June 9th 2011, establishing his Executive administrative body, the White House Rural Council, tasked to "federally coordinate and implement environmental development locally in 'sustainable rural communities.'"
With each of these CONSTITUTION-violating, RIGHTS-killing, AGENDA 21-promoting atrocities, Obama utterly dishonors his oath of office.

Chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (Co-Chairs), the Membership of this Council to unlawfully insert the Federal government into every town, city and regional government entity in our land comprises:
"…the Secretary of the Treasury; the Secretary of Defense; the Attorney General; the Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of Labor; the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Transportation; the Secretary of Energy; the Secretary of Education; the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers; the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the Administrator of General Services; the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement; the Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary; the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality; the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and the heads of such other agencies and offices as the President may, from time to time, designate."
I kid you not.
Our federal government is out of control. It is not the role of the Federal government to be enmeshed in the daily lives of the citizens. It is not the role of the Federal government to regulate domestic commerce. It is not the role of the Federal government to tell farmers what to grow and people what to eat. It is not the role of the Federal government to dictate education to our children. It is not the job of the Federal government to interject itself in ongoing state criminal investigations (Trayvon Martin). It is not the role of the Federal government to control our rural or municipal affairs.
It IS however the role of Congress to intercede when these things occur. WHEN are the House and the Senate going to take a real stand against this usurpation of the rights and privileges of the People? Will they wait until it's too late and outrage is of no effect?
It is Congress which is allowing this nation to be driven to a point not seen for 150 years. And make no mistake, Congress will be held personally responsible for what will occur. Are the pretentious solons of the Senate, so dismissive of our cries and petitions for redress of our grievances, prepared to live with that responsibility and those consequences? This will not fall on the shoulders of this "president," alone. The blame game will not mend the sorrow and guilt felt when our children will be so grievously affected.
We can avoid repeating the mistakes of our history. But we must act now. We must act decisively. Else we will regret our neglect. We have the opportunity now, but have no guarantee it will be available much longer. This door is closing.
These are the times that try men's souls. How will history remember us? The generation that participated in death of Liberty or the generation that gave our last breath to prosper it? I have made my choice.
Separation of Powers Essential to Liberty
Among the most fundamental characteristics of our Republic are the limited nature of Federal Authority, and the Separation and Balance of Powers among the three separate branches of Federal government. The Tenth Amendment, and the checks and balances in the American system were instituted for the express purpose of combating the rise of a tyrannical and oppressive government.
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution is explicit: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Leftists find the openness of the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution an enigma, and an invitation to tyranny. But respecters of Liberty discern clearly that it intended to ensure that the naming of certain rights in the Constitution, including those enumerated specifically as Amendments in the Bill of Rights, should not diminish or imperil the People rights that are not named.
James Madison points out in Federalist 47 that, "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
Federalist Papers 47 through 51 deal specifically with this issue of Separation of Powers. The debate of the time was not whether these branches SHOULD be separate, but to WHAT DEGREE they should be separate. Madison begins by pointing out that all Founders understood that a separation of the three branches of government was necessary to preserve Liberty. They all agreed that the accumulation of all powers by one person or a single group of people is the very definition of tyranny. "Where the accumulation of power is possible, no further argument is necessary" to support a division and separation of those powers. Madison declares:
"…by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places."
No Branch is a Ruler Unto Itself
Madison further explains that the branches are not completely separated, but where one has any authority over the other that authority is very specific, and that the separate responsibilities of one are not to be usurped by the other. Hence, law making authority is invested solely in Congress and may not be taken up by the Executive. Yet, checks have been invested in each to ensure that one body does not become tyrannical and oppressive. The Executive has its veto, the Legislative has its impeachment power and the Judiciary has its legal oversight… and don't forget We the People.
Notice how Madison describes the necessity of these checks:
"But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government."
Madison continues:
"But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions."
So, if such strong checks were and are necessary to resist the tyranny of men, then why are these checks not being employed? Consider the following acts of overreach perpetrated by our current tyrannical Executive:
Following the 2010 elections when Obama's party lost control over the U.S. House, Obama told America, where he cannot legislate he will regulate. Now he is even bolder in his usurpations, with his mantra, "We can't wait." The Executive Branch is not the law making body of our Constitutional Republic. In 1689 and in 1776 this type of overreach was seen as tyranny; an attempt to completely destroy Liberty.
In the Federalist Paper 69, Hamilton responds to those who fear that the Executive branch looked too much like a king and would have too much power. He points out a very vital and distinct difference that would put the minds of the people to rest:
"…there is not comparison between the intended power of the President and the actual power of the British Sovereign. The one can perform alone what the other can only do with the concurrence of the branch of the legislature."
What is our reassurance as Obama does exactly what Hamilton assured could not be done? Where is our protection as in the Supreme Court decision in 1952 (Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer) that ruled President Truman's Executive Order unconstitutional as he attempted to place all steel mills under federal control. The Supreme Court said Executive Orders cannot make law. More importantly in the Colonial Constitutions this was the very behavior that drew IMPEACHMENT time and time again.
History and experience prove that Obama's attempts to completely destroy Liberty must be stopped. Congress must override these Executive Orders with proper legislation. Congress must exercise Congressional oversight over these Executive agencies and defund them. Congress must begin the impeachment process and end this unconstitutional usurpation by the Executive branch.
So, I ask again when will Congress do its' job?
KrisAnne
Proverbs 27:6 – Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.


Keep Faith,

Lynne Roberts, President
Americans United for Freedom

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