by Ron Paul
Last week President Obama made some rather shocking comments at a press conference regarding the Supreme Court’s deliberation on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. His comments belie a grasp of constitutional concepts so lacking that perhaps the University of Chicago Law School should offer a refund to any students “taught” constitutional law by then-Professor Obama!
He said, “Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” It almost sounds as if he believes the test of constitutionally is whether a majority approves of the bill, as opposed to whether the legislation lies within one of the express powers of the federal government. In fact, the very design of the Constitution, with power split amongst two branches of the legislature which write the laws, an executive who administers the laws, and an independent judiciary which resolves disputes regarding meaning of the laws, was designed to thwart popular will and preserve liberty.
President Obama continued in his comments, “For years, what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, there’s a good example, and I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step.”
President Obama seems to misunderstand that the criticism of an activist judiciary is not that it is overturning unconstitutional federal laws, but instead that it is usurping the authority to intervene in areas, such as abortion, where the Constitution reserves authority to the states. In fact, upholding clearly unconstitutional laws such as Obamacare because the justices bowed to the “will of the people” or believed the individual mandate was good social policy could be considered an example of judicial activism.
The founders never intended the judiciary to have the last word on whether or not a law is constitutional. The judiciary is equal to the Congress and the President, not superior. Representatives, senators, presidents, and judges all have an independent duty to determine a law’s constitutionality. The founders would be horrified by the attitude of many lawmakers that they can pass whatever laws they want and federal judges will then determine whether or not the law is constitutional.
Additionally, state governments have the authority to protect their citizens from federal laws that threaten liberty. If the Supreme Court rules that Obamacare is constitutional, I hope state legislators will exercise their powers to pass legislation allowing their citizens to opt-out of the national health care plan.
Unfortunately, even many of my colleagues who correctly argue Obamacare’s unconstitutionality support the President when he asserts the power to send troops into battle without a declaration of war, or have citizens indefinitely detained and even assassinated on little more than his own authority. Other of my colleagues not only cheer the unconstitutional monstrosity of Obamacare, but support the President’s actions to defy the Senate’s appointment powers, and legislate by executive order.
Even worse, some members will only challenge a President’s unconstitutional actions if the President is from a different political party. The defeat of Obamacare in the courts would provide a stark reminder that the limits of government are set by the Constitution, not the will of the President, Congress, or even the Supreme Court. However, the victory would be short lived as long as the legislative branch refuses to do its duty to abide by the Constitutional limits and exercises its powers to ensure the other two branches do likewise.
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Go Ron Paul
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You must be a millionaire or borderline retarded. Which is it?
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in the debates this year
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when is that taking place
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when is that taking place
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when is that taking place
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Superb parody of a “debate” btw Rmoney and BO — SHARE IT!
(Note the exquisite sardonic touch — only one person is watching the two puppets….LOL!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vWVdOTFs8M&feature=player_embedded
Ron Paul to WIN — or America to End 2012
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Prize winning photo for Ron Paul’s campaign — A Gem!
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Your a liberal please be nicer and Ron Paul is better than u think hes awesome!!!
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no he didn’t he is a great person( that’s what the liberals want u to think) vote Ron Paul 2012
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Ron Paul is crooked. He stole all the money he have. He didn’t earn it.
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Ron Paul is a wise and honest man in the Lord . Go Ron Paul
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Ron Paul to WIN — or America to End 2012
Take your pick…there are no other options!
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Ron Paul must take Rmoney to Tampa — to expose the GOP’s perfidy — when hundreds of thousands of Real Americans will come to the Convention voluntarily, supporting Ron Paul, the ONLY REAL AMERICAN PATRIOT in this race (vs a few hundred BUSED Rmoney bullies pretending they are actual people)!
If the Republican Convention cheats Ron Paul out of The Nomination — then, go Third Party!
There MUST NOT be a way allowed, for Rmoney to “debate” BO one-on-one — since this will be a Clowns’ Show (two liars trying to out-lie each other…when they are one-and-the-same HUMAN TRASH)!
Ron Paul MUST be part of the DEBATES — so, he can clearly show up THESE politically trained monkeys for what they are — The ULTIMATE Destroyers of the USA!
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Elect Ron Paul as President, if you want to Save America — vote for anyone else, if you WANT to DESTROY the USA!
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see TRUTH as Dr. Ron Paul speaks
LISTEN to JFK !
see why he was removed
Incredible Video Twice Removed
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see TRUTH as Dr. Ron Paul speaks
LISTEN to JFK !
see why he was removed
Incredible Video Twice Removed
com/watch?v=5PGIUBIaTUs
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Ron Paul to WIN — or America to End 2012
Take your pick…there are no other options!
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Take Vincent Reda to Small Claims Court NOW!
Vincent Reda will be eventually taken to criminal court, but it may take a year or more before the case is heard.
Anybody can take anyone for nearly any reason to Small Claims Court, and usually the case is heard in less than 2 months (in some counties 30 days). You are not filing for a Law Suit, but a CLAIM Only (claiming a wrong and placing a Dollar Value on your perceived Loss). Once the hearing is scheduled — the Judge has to hear the case! If he/she deems your claim has no merit, you lose — if not, the Judge may award you a lower dollar amount.
Regardless of the outcome — it’s a WIN, since the point is to drag this low-life through the mud ASAP, not much, much later (for all such creeps to watch and learn NOW)!
Here is the beauty of this ploy (since the defendant (Reda) must show up on the given date and time — if he doesn’t, you win your claim, and he has to pay you the amount! Or, get special permission from the court, to excuse his absence in person — he may be FORCED to establish phone communication during the hearing — and have his lawyers represent him):
1) If a thousand people file such a claim — and Reda does not show up, he’ll be broke financially.
2) If allowed by court to have only lawyers represent him — he’ll have to hire hundreds of them, to be present when many cases would be on the same, or close to the same, day when the hearings are set! That will also be a financial burden!
Hope all New Yorkers, that were disfranchised from voting by the LIE of Vincent Reda, file a Small Claims Court CLAIM against him — the creature needs to be penalized for his perfidy!
Share this — if many more than a Thousand people file a Small Claim, this Clown will truly be put through a Circus!
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One could claim an emotional distress that upon hearing, from a trusted official, that your candidate (say Newt, or Ron Paul) is no longer running according to the phone call, YOU broke down emotionally and stopped eating, sleeping, going to work, etc — LATER (after the voting was over) You found out it was all a Lie. And now, you are even more emotionally distressed since you lost your right to vote, because of the false statements. You put a $$$ TOTAL on your Claim (with the exact name and address of Vincent Reda) — and submit it in Small Claims Court.
Here is the proof you need in Court: his actual phone message LIE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTLtTYwqH9Y
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What a worthless name “lkjgfr456ug “.
What’s wrong? Couldn’t think of anything?
You do understand that to tax corporations is to tax their customers and in this kind of fascist system, it’s just another way for a Fascist wanna be dictator to tax the people through his corporate partners. The same goes for trying to tax the banks. It’s all just a tax on the people.
Anybody that wants to tax corporations and banks rather than expose the scam just expose themselves as Fascists.
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Infighting at More GOP Caucuses and What the MSM Won’t Tell You About Iowa and Minnesota
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U.S. Troops to Stay In Afghanistan For 10 More Years
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Ron Paul fights for big corperations, that’s why instead of funding his campaign they fund bug government candidates like Obama and Romney.
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“Obama QUITTING in 2012!”
SHOCKING VIDEO at
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“Obama QUITTING in 2012!”
SHOCKING VIDEO at
ObamaSnippets
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Can’t WAIT to watch this man destroy Obama in the debates!!
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Yer as big an idiot as deeprainforest.
We don’t want your socialist conspiracy crap around here. Move to France or Spain.
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Klein is a socialist. I could care less what she or you have to say.
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He wants competing currencies. You’re taking that quote out of context. You actually need to read the entire record of his speech. He said that talking about those who wanted a world currency and what they would say to sell it to the people.
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He wants competing currencies. You’re taking that quote out of context. You actually need to read the entire record of his speech. He said that talking about those who wanted a world currency and what they would say to sell it to the people.
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ROOKIE
YOU HAVE NO CLUE ON ECONOMICS
RESEARCH
SHOCK THERAPY OF ECONOMICS (BOOK I RECOMMEND/ SHOCK DOCTRINE by N.KLEIN)
RON PAUL IS A PHONY
LONG LIVE THE WOBBLIES WHO FOUGHT AGAINST BIG CORPORATIONS
FUCK RON PAUL HE FIGHTS FOR BIG CORPORATIONS
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Rookie first do your homework because you sound pathetic
1 world order government will be bigger than USA
Ron Paul’s Economic Plans = Shrinking governments and replacing them with free market corporate governance reduces the states power to govern. Globalization and a 1 world currency leads to a single wide spread global corporation, which could blowback, studies show that Globalization (R.Paul Economic Plan) leads to a Pernicious Global. followed by Post Polar World War
Rookie
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