Ben Johnson,The White House Watch President Obama’s luck got so bad during the debate over raising the debt ceiling that even his chief of staff said he could be impeached. On July 27,the Cato Institute‘s director of health policy studies Michael F. Cannon heard Bill Daley admit,in not so many words,[...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Serious discussion of impeachment has reached the most influential publication in the United States. The New York Times recently featured a Bloggingheads discussion under the headline,[...] Jim Emerson,FloydReports.com When asked about his personal war against Libya and criticism about ignoring congress in a blatant disregard of the War Powers Act the President brushed both aside as just “noise”. Obama has no intention to seek congressional approval as required by law. The President wants Americans to ignore the fact that [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch In election years,candidates inevitably promise voters they will do more than their opponents. In practice that usually means increased debt-spending and expanding unconstitutional encroachments on liberty. Now one Republican presidential candidate has doubled-down on the most blatantly illegal action of this presidency,saying Barack Obama has not [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch [...] Reality is sometimes non-partisan. Although a liberal himself,influential columnist Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com has been consistent in saying Barack Obama is violating the Constitution with his undeclared war in Libya. Greenwald is interviewed by Amy Goodman,the producer of the far-Left radio and television “news”program “Democracy Now!”With the growing Right-Left coalition against [...] Jeffrey T. Kuhner,The Washington Times President Obama has crossed the Rubicon. He now believes –and acts –as if he is above the law;the Constitution no longer applies to him. This is the real meaning behind the U.S. military intervention in Libya. Mr. Obama is abrogating the linchpin of our democracy:[...] by Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Only in the liberal media can a weak entreaty to obey the law be considered an act of political warfare. The media have portrayed House Speaker John Boehner’s letter to Barack Obama,merely asking the president for another legal explanation for his war-by-decree in Libya,as “ratcheting [...] Michael Oberndorf,FloydReports.com How did it come about that Congress got so overloaded with Republicans who want to bend over backwards to accommodate a “president” who hates America and tramples on the Constitution on a daily basis? It appears they are going to allow the debt ceiling to be raised with only minor cuts [...] Cliff Kincaid,Accuracy in Media If you want an indication of why Republicans may lose to Obama in 2012,look at the pass they are giving him over his illegal war in Libya. Nothing is more important than committing a nation to war. The military intervention could be the basis of impeachment charges. But [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Despite a newfound reputation as an unbiased news source,an influx of hundreds of millions of dollars,and the new ownership of a massive media conglomerate,The Huffington Post is apparently incapable of fact-checking the articles that appear on its website. An entry posted late this morning on [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch When Barack Obama updated Congress on the war in Libya last Friday,he claimed our role is so limited it does not require Congressional authorization. However,on Monday Hillary Clinton told the European press,“Even today,the United States continues to fly 25 percent of all sorties,” and [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In his official notice to Congress that he had unilaterally sent American soldiers into the Libyan war kinetic action,Barack Obama wrote,“I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed,consistent with the War Powers Resolution.” Today,he decided the War Powers Resolution [...] President Obama informed Congress that he had sent U.S. forces into Libya on March 21. Under the War Powers Act,the president must ask Congressional authorization within 60 days. That deadline came Friday. On Thursday,six Republican senators sent the following letter to the president,asking whether he intended to obey the law. This is [...] I am a Democrat who wants Obama impeached and removed from office for the high crime of violating the War Powers Act by ordering American forces to attack a country that was at peace with us without first consulting the Congress. That is a high crime that qualifies for impeachment. Barrack Obama wrote about [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The Justice Department has decided:it is perfectly acceptable for the president to send American troops into foreign military adventures without so much as consulting Congress,as long as he is carrying out the will of the United Nations. Just before Barack Obama’s speech on the budget on Wednesday,the [...] | |
Golfing While the Constitution Burns
Ben Johnson,The White House Watch
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