Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - American Idiot



* HERE'S THE HEADLINE... WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE:

Congress Will Fight Obama’s Power Grab

* AND HERE'S THE SUB-HEADLINE... WHICH IS TRUE...

The president’s amnesty plan for millions of unlawful immigrants clearly violates the Constitution.

* NOTE: "CLEARLY..."

(*PURSED LIPS*)

Read on, my friends and countrymen... read on and weep...

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President Obama seems poised to announce one of the biggest executive power grabs in American history.

* AND THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT RESPONDS BY WAGING IT'S COLLECTIVE FINGER...

(*PURSED LIPS*)

* INDEED, MOST WON'T EVEN USE THE WORD "UNCONSTITUTIONAL."

President Obama is expected to declare unilaterally that millions of unlawful immigrants can stay in the U.S. without facing the consequences of violating immigration laws.

* WHICH HE HAS NO LEGAL/CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO DO. (EVEN IF HE WERE TO USE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON POWER, THIS WOULD NOT TRANSLATE TO ALLOWING THE ILLEGALS TO REMAIN. A PARDON WOULD BE THAT... A PARDON... FOLLOWED BY DEPORTATION IN LINE WITH STILL-EXISTING LAW.)

Congress has not agreed on how to reform the immigration system, but the president has decided to ignore the Constitution and alter the law without new statutes. This is a slap in the face of the American people, who voted on Nov. 4 to change the way Washington operates.

* NO. IT'S NOT "A SLAP IN THE FACE." IT'S TREASON. IT'S A COUP. HOW AND WHY CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THIS...?!?!

* FOLKS... THE PUSILLANIMOUS AUTHOR OF THIS PIECE IS BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA), CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

The Constitution is clear: It is Congress’s duty to write the nation’s laws and, once they are enacted, it is the president’s responsibility to enforce them. Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution requires the president to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” This clause compels the president to enforce all constitutionally valid acts of Congress, regardless of his administration’s view of their wisdom. That is a duty, not an option.

* THAT SHIP HAS LONG SINCE SAILED. WHAT OBAMA PROPOSES TO DO NOW GOES FAR BEYOND SIMPLY "NOT ENFORCING."

Law-enforcement agencies have the power to exercise prosecutorial discretion — deciding whether to enforce the law against particular individuals — but this power must be used judiciously.

* AND REASONABLY! REASONABLE PEOPLE SHOULD AGREE THAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS PLAUSIBLY "WITH THE GRAIN" OF STATUTORY LAW AND CLEAR CONGRESSIONAL CONTENT AND UNDERSTAND OF WHAT PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS WOULD "COMPLIMENT" THE WILL OF CONGRESS - NOT GO AGAINST IT.

As Doris Meissner, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service during the Clinton administration, told her agency in a 2000 memo, such discretion is not “an invitation to violate or ignore the law.”

* DORIS MEISSNER ISN'T PRESIDENT; BARACK OBAMA IS.

* BARACK OBAMA CLEARLY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE LAW... EVEN THE HIGHEST LAW OF THE LAND - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

Mr. Obama’s threatened action amounts to ignoring the law, as an estimated four million to five million unlawful immigrants — close to half of the illegal population — stand to benefit from the decree. That does not constitute faithful execution of the law.

* FOLKS... CONGRESSMAN SCUMBA... er... GOODLATTE... IS DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTING TO PORTRAY OBAMA'S PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION AS NOT BEING AN ABRUPT ESCALATION OF HIS ONGOING "WAR AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION." BUT IT IS! IF OBAMA ISSUES WHAT HE CALLS "AN EXECUTIVE ORDER" ALLOWING ILLEGAL ALIENS TO LEGALLY STAY HERE... LEGALLY WORK HERE... THAT GOES FAR BEYOND SIMPLY "PRIORITIZING" ENFORCEMENT AND EVEN BEYOND REFUSING TO ENFORCE LAWS HE DISAGREES WITH. OBAMA IS THREATENING TO BASICALLY CREATE NEW LAW - IN DIRECT CONTEMPT OF CLEAR CONGRESSIONAL WILL - VIA WHAT AMOUNTS TO "ROYAL EDICT."

* FOLKS... IF THE MEDIA WERE DOING THEIR JOB... IF THE POLITICIANS WERE DOING THEIR JOB... IF MEMBERS OF THE BAR (LAWYERS) THROUGHOUT AMERICA WERE TRUE TO THEIR OATHS AND PROFESSIONAL CODES THEN WHAT I'M WRITING - THE WORDS OF THE SUB-HEADLINE OF THIS OP-ED - WOULD BE REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN DURING EVERY NEWS BROADCAST AND VIA EVERY NEWSPAPER AND OTHER NEWS COMMUNICATION VEHICLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE MARCHING ON WASHINGTON AT THIS VERY MOMENT TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION!

* WHERE... IS... THE... LEADERSHIP...?!?! CLEARLY IT'S NOT COMING FROM GOODLATTE... OR MCCONNELL OR BOEHNER.

* FOLKS... IF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WAS MADE UP OF MEN AND WOMEN OF CONVICTION, HONOR, AND COURAGE... THE NINE JUSTICES WOULD HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AND STAND UNIFIED AGAINST THIS PRESIDENT'S COUP... HIS TREASON... HIS DIRECT, BLATANT, INDEFENSIBLE EXPECTED ATTACK UPON OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC'S SEPARATION OF POWERS.

The president justifies his action by saying that he is simply prioritizing immigration enforcement. But there is a difference between setting priorities — say, focusing more resources on special cases — and setting enforcement-free zones for millions of unlawful immigrants. This proclamation will entice countless people around the world to come to the U.S. illegally, just like the government’s Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals program that President Obama signed two years ago encouraged tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors and families from Central America to make the dangerous trek to the U.S.

President Obama also claims that these actions are nothing new. Previous presidents from both parties have provided immigration relief to groups of aliens, sometimes abusing prosecutorial discretion and stretching presidential authority. However, far fewer people were affected in those cases.

* TRULY... THIS FUCKING GOODLATTE IS A MORON. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE "EFFECTED" HAS NO BEARING ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. AS TO WHAT PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE... SEE MY PREVIOUS STAND-ALONE POST TITLED "THE AP (ONCE AGAIN) SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE."

* FOLKS... TRULY... THE AVERAGE HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL KNOWS LITTLE AND CARES LESS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.

And the actions usually were a response to an emergency in a foreign country — thus they were in keeping with the executive branch’s broad constitutional authority to conduct foreign affairs.

* IS HE DELIBERATELY SEEKING TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE... UNDERCUT HIS OWN POSITION THAT THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED ACTION WOULD CLEARLY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL...??? OR IS HE SIMPLY STUPID? IT'S SO HARD TO TELL.

Chinese nationals, for example, were protected from deportation after the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. Haitian orphans who were in the process of being adopted by U.S. citizens when the devastating earthquake of 2010 struck were granted humanitarian parole to come to the U.S. Circumstances matter, and without any crisis in a foreign country to justify his actions, President Obama has exceeded his constitutional powers.

* WELL... AT LEAST HE'S FLESHING IT OUT A BIT...

(*SIGH*)

* FOLKS. THE POINT IS THAT A LEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDER MUST GO "WITH THE GRAIN" OF THE LAW - NOT AGAINST IT. IF THIS WERE NOT THE CASE WHY WOULD WE NEED A LEGISLATIVE BRANCH?

* FOLKS... I'M BEGGING YOU... GOOGLE "U.S. CONSTITUTION"

* THEN... READ IT...!!! IT'S ONLY A FEW PAGES LONG... A FEW THOUSAND WORDS!

The president’s vow to override U.S. immigration laws by executive fiat is not without cost. By acting lawlessly and assuming legislative power, the president is driving full speed toward a constitutional crisis, threatening to unravel the nation’s system of checks and balances.

* NO. YOU'RE WRONG. HERE'S WHY: CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GIVE A DAMN ABOUT RETAINING A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AS OUR NATION'S FORM OF GOVERNMENT. PERHAPS 20% OF AMERICANS ARE TRULY OUTRAGED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. LOW PARTICIPATION ISN'T THE KEY PROBLEM THOUGH. THE KEY PROBLEM IS LACK OF LEADERSHIP. IF FOLKS LIKE MYSELF HAD A LEADER... WE COULD RECRUIT MORE FOLLOWERS.

* HERE'S MY FEAR: IF OBAMA GOES THROUGH WITH THIS... IT MAY BE THE LAST STRAW FOR SOME GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL WILLING TO RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE. IF OBAMA WERE TO BE ASSASSINATED...

* I SHUDDER AT THE PROBABLY RAMIFICATIONS.

Mr. Obama’s planned action also undermines the American people’s trust that the president is committed to enforcing the country’s immigration laws.

* AT THIS POINT NO ONE - NOT EVEN OBAMA SUPPORTERS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHO ARE PREPARED TO BE HONEST - BELIEVE OBAMA IS COMMITTED TO ENFORCING ANY LAW HE DISAGREES WITH; IMMIGRATION LAW BEING JUST THE MOST VISIBLE POINT OF CONTENTION.

Americans are deeply concerned about the country’s direction — their statement on Nov. 4 was a firm rejection of the Obama administration’s policies. Rather than listen and change course, the president is doubling down on his failed policies and sending an unmistakable message to the nation: He will do what he wants, when he wants, without regard for the Constitution or what the American people desire.

* AND YOU'RE PREPARED TO LET HIM - AREN'T YOU, CONGRESSMAN GOODLATTE? (OR TELL US... WHAT'S YOUR PLAN TO STOP HIM?)

A unilateral presidential edict awarding amnesty to millions of unlawful immigrants will also severely damage chances of enacting legislation to reform the immigration system. Rather than work constructively with the new Congress in January, the president is poisoning his relationship with lawmakers by acting on his own.

* YO... MORON... CONGRESSMAN MORON... IF OBAMA GETS AWAY WITH THIS THEN CHANCES ARE THAT BEYOND THIS POINT HE'LL SIMPLY CONTINUE TO DOUBLE-DOWN... TRIPLE-DOWN... QUADRUPLE-DOWN. HE'LL SIMPLY IGNORE CONGRESS AND IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION. AND FOR A GOOD 45% OF THE COUNTRY... HE'D SIMPLY BE FOLLOWING PRECEDENT - THE PRECEDENT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES SEEM ABOUT TO ALLOW HIM TO CREATE!

Mr. Obama’s plan to violate the Constitution must be stopped.

* YES! (BUT YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE A PLAN TO DO SO!)

The Framers wisely gave Congress many tools to guard against the executive branch accumulating too much power. My colleagues in both the House and the Senate will take inventory of the tools afforded to Congress by the Constitution, such as the power of the purse and the authority to write legislation, to stop the president’s unconstitutional actions from being implemented.

* FOLKS... IS IT ME? WHAT IS IT THAT THIS IDIOT DOESN'T GET? WHERE IS MY LOGIC ESCAPING HIM?

* IF OBAMA CAN VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION COME FRIDAY... THEN OBAMA CAN VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION FROM FRIDAY ON! HE'LL SIMPLY ISSUE MORE EXECUTIVE ORDERS! GEEZUS... DON'T THESE RINO MORONS "GET" THAT BY SHOWING HE'S WILLING TO RE-WRITE IMMIGRATION LAW THAT HE'S WILL TO RE-WRITE ANY LAW? IF CONGRESS' LAW MAKING POWERS ARE SUBSERVIENT TO PRESIDENTIAL WILL, SO TOO WILL BE CONGRESS' POWER OF THE PURSE!

* MY... GOD... THESE PEOPLE JUST DON'T SEEM TO "GET" IT!

The debate in Congress over the past two years has shown that there is a willingness and need to reform our nation’s immigration system. While opinions differ on exactly how to amend the laws, one thing is certain: The president has no authority to make this decision on his own.

* BUT MAKE IT HE APPARENTLY WILL. AND WITH ONLY MEN LIKE YOU, MR. GOODLATTE... AND BOEHNER AND MCCONNELL... TO OPPOSE HIM... AMERICA WILL BE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES A DICTATORSHIP.

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