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Stepping over the Constitution AGAIN
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<blockquote data-quote="OllieFranz" data-source="post: 60156641" data-attributes="member: 194533"><p>Even the letter cut-and-pasted in the OP acknowledges that these are <strong>special</strong> powers (assuming they exist) to be used in the case of a <strong>declared emergency</strong>. Bypassing the Constitution and getting away with it, while morally wrong and against Constitutional principles, has regularly happened in many emergencies in the past by presidents of <em><strong>all </strong></em>parties. Even Lincoln fudged more than a little in the name of preserving the Union during the Civil War. </p><p></p><p>The country has survived all the earlier instances, and eventually cooler heads restored the rule of law. So even if Obama should invoke these powers, for which there is no evidence of specific intent, the Constitution will be quickly restored.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OllieFranz, post: 60156641, member: 194533"] Even the letter cut-and-pasted in the OP acknowledges that these are [B]special[/B] powers (assuming they exist) to be used in the case of a [B]declared emergency[/B]. Bypassing the Constitution and getting away with it, while morally wrong and against Constitutional principles, has regularly happened in many emergencies in the past by presidents of [I][B]all [/B][/I]parties. Even Lincoln fudged more than a little in the name of preserving the Union during the Civil War. The country has survived all the earlier instances, and eventually cooler heads restored the rule of law. So even if Obama should invoke these powers, for which there is no evidence of specific intent, the Constitution will be quickly restored. [/QUOTE]
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