Feb 23 2007

Democrat’s Need A Lesson On The US Constitution

Published by at 6:57 am under All General Discussions,Iraq

Democrats (and their media puppets) always seem in need of a serious tutorial on the very US Constitution they took an oath to protect. The Senate Dems are tring to play Commander-in-Chief (those silly egoes of theirs!) and direct the use of our forces in Iraq.

Four years ago, Congress passed legislation authorizing President Bush to go to war in Iraq. Now Senate Democrats want to take it back.

Key lawmakers, backed by party leaders, are drafting legislation that would effectively revoke the broad authority granted to the president in the days Saddam Hussein was in power, and leave U.S. troops with a limited mission as they prepare to withdraw.

Officials said Thursday the precise wording of the measure remains unsettled. One version would restrict American troops in Iraq to fighting al-Qaida, training Iraqi army and police forces, maintaining Iraq’s territorial integrity and otherwise proceeding with the withdrawal of combat forces.

Congress has no such power. Time to time an overly excited Congress thinks all they need to do to change the Constitution is pass a Bill the normal way. We all know that is not how it works, and here is what the Constitution says about who directs the military:

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; …

No caveats or conditions or limitations. None. Here are some historical annotations to these clear Consitutional Powers:

n 1850, Chief Justice Taney, for the Court, said: ”His duty and his power are purely military. As commander-in- chief, he is authorized to direct the movements of the naval and military forces placed by law at his command, and to employ them in the manner he may deem most effectual to harass and conquer and subdue the enemy. He may invade the hostile country, and subject it to the sovereignty and authority of the United States. But his conquests do not enlarge the boundaries of this Union, nor extend the operation of our institutions and laws beyond the limits before assigned to them by the legislative power.

The Congress cannot rewrite the Constitution by normal Bills. So this is another wasted, useless, ego-trip by one of the worst Democrat Senates in America’s history.

91 responses so far

91 Responses to “Democrat’s Need A Lesson On The US Constitution”

  1. lurker9876 says:

    Charles Krauthammer’s inputs, good as always!!

    No Way To End A War Other than VICTORY!!

    Jay Rockefeller said:

    “Jay Rockefeller, a Democratic member of the Senate intelligence committee who had access to all the relevant information at the time, said, “I have come to the inescapable conclusion that the threat posed to America by Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction is so serious…”

    You dare call Jay Rockefeller a liar?

    Incidentally, Jay Rockefeller met with the Iraqi officials in year 2002 to tell them that we are going to do something serious. Does this call for a treason charge?

  2. MerlinOS2 says:

    Merlin, actually that was Retire05 that came up with that gem, but I had the same reaction you did. LMAO!!

    Oh man I made a mistake with the wrong attribution. My bad but his good. Gotta love that guy.

  3. MerlinOS2 says:

    Shucks it started with an R. I got nothing else to provide.

  4. MerlinOS2 says:

    I admire Retire05 only in a manly sort of way. Otherwise he would slap me sh** silly.

  5. lassoingtruth says:

    LURKER’S LUDICROSITY…”Southern Iraq is still Islamic but currently believe in Al-Sistani’s secular law. When Al-Sadr tried to force Shari’a law on southern Iraq, the people of the Southern Iraq did not like it. They are still pro-American and pro-Britain.

    Cheney is one of the smartest men to serve as a public servant. ”

    I just had to include the Cheney vouchsafe to show what kind of fool still respects him. What kind of fool…?

    Sistani has refused to meet with ONE American official, such is his
    hatred for the occupation. A Sistani-dominated government
    would be even more pro-Iranian than an al-Sadr govt.-Sistani
    has more Iranian blood flowing in him. You would be shot on sight
    as a civilian , by the same people you believe like you, if you walked in the south-as are the Brit troops regularly.

  6. lassoingtruth says:

    Saying the Democrats are opportunists, are liars, are by their
    own words easily-duped fools, are shifty, in no way changes
    the fact that the war was based on lies, was botched and that
    the Democrats and many Republicans are obviously
    attempting to placate the broad public desire to get out
    either precipitously, or methodically.

    Cheney, Rummy and Wolfowitz assured the public that Iraq
    would be a stable friendly government by years end 2003
    with the WMDS grabbed and neutralized.

    The Democratic hiearchy ignored their rank and file in the first
    place which polled at 80% opposed to granting Bush his war.
    Unconvinced by the phony intel. Perhaps the above comments
    show the public needs an honest third and fourth party to
    respond to its wishes. Meantime OUT NOW!

  7. MerlinOS2 says:

    Lasso

    Where did you get this and WTF are you talking about?

    You really have a problem some and judging from how you handle it, it aint pretty.

  8. lurker9876 says:

    No ludicrosity, matey.

    All the facts are in front of you and you refused to recognize them.

    I don’t care whether Sistani refused to meet with one American official or hated us. I don’t care whether he is pro-Iranian or not. I’m not defending Sistani but pointing out how southern Iraq is different than Baghdad. Incidentally, 80% of the violence currently is within 50 miles of Baghdad.

    BTW, Al-Sistani believes dogs are as dirty as pigs and do not believe that dogs are to be kept as pets. I’m just glad he doesn’t live in USA.

  9. lurker9876 says:

    I agree, MerlinOS2, WTF and WTH is this lasso-cracker – liar talking about?

  10. lurker9876 says:

    Good news and bad news but mostly good news!!

    “Good news in Iraq: Five of al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army leaders were arrested in two locations in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to the Kuwait News Agency. KUNA also reported two days ago that an al-Sadr office was being raided, which reportedly was confirmed by Iraqiya TV, but did not appear to percolate into other media. Another bit of good news is also bad news: Still no sign of the momentarily departed, Moqtada al-Sadr, respecter of surges.

    More good news in Iraq: Reuters reports a drop in violence in Baghdad and other results … the 50-a-day pre-surge body count has dropped to between 5 and 25 a day. Known terrorists who won’t be down to breakfast are tallied at 42, and another 246 will be dining as guests of the government. An additional 84 suspected terrorists also have been provided with accommdations. Five hostages freed and 642 displaced families have returned how.

    Bad news in Iraq: Insurgents are trying to figure out how to conduct chemical warfare. Good news is, they haven’t been very good at it, and one of their dirty-bomb factories just got shut down:

    Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, the No. 2 American commander in Iraq, said he did not think the attacks signaled a more capable insurgency. Instead, he said they were merely an attempt to provoke fear.

    “What they’re trying to do is … adapt in such ways where they can continue to create instability,” Odierno said.”

    Austin Bay – good news so far!

  11. lurker9876 says:

    Recent polls proves that Lasso-cracker is wrong:

    Real Americans aren’t losers, but Democrats are

  12. lurker9876 says:

    Lasso-cracker, What is your perspective of Sandy Berger?

  13. lurker9876 says:

    Gathering of the Eagles to protest against A.N.S.W.E.R.

    Lasso-cracker, what do you know about A.N.S.W.E.R? From your posts, you qualify as a member of A.N.S.W.E.R organization.

  14. lurker9876 says:

    Jews Seek Racial Domination!

    Guess you have no qualms about this movement within UN.

  15. lurker9876 says:

    Loved Cheney’s response regarding Pelosi:

    Cheney Spells It Out!!

  16. lurker9876 says:

    Teleconference with Mitch McConnell

    Mitch says:

    Q: Joe Lieberman said yesterday that he might throw his lot in with the Republicans over the war. Would that have an impact?

    A: Yes. We’d take over the Senate. But, let me say this about Joe: he made it clear last year that he intended to caucus with the Democrats, even though he is very estranged from the Democrats on post 9/11 strategy. So, I don’t expect to him to come over with us. He feels like he has earned the right to be an independent. Also, reports that say the Senate wouldn’t shift if he voted with us aren’t correct.

  17. lassoingtruth says:

    Lurker

    Simply put, the Talmud is indeed permeated with racial supremacist
    attitudes as the works of Jewish historian Israel Shahak aptly demonstrates.

    Cheney lied about WMDs, lied about Saddam’s non-existent
    part in 9/11, lies about the non-existent progress of the war.
    Should have a lower approval rate than Hillary.
    Best summarized by his 2005 lies about the insurgency being in
    its “last throes” when experts were predicting at least ten years of health left in it.

  18. MerlinOS2 says:

    I’m still trying to decipher the last post of the Lass.

    I have not reached it yet.

    Is he insane or just structurally obtuse.

    I have never seen anyone to say something so obtuse without a context.

    What a dummy.

  19. lassoingtruth says:

    http://justworldnews.org/archives/002404.html#more

    A Moslem Brotherhood view-more charitable than Lurker’s
    Zionist propaganda would infer.