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Sen. John Cornyn warned President Obama on Sunday to not even consider interpreting the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment to bypass Congress and raise the debt limit without its approval.
"That's crazy talk. It's not acceptable for Congress and the president not to do their job and to say somehow the president has the authority then to basically do this by himself," Cornyn, R-Texas, a former judge on the Texas Supreme Court, told "Fox News Sunday."
Glenn Beck IS right. I do what he says-- never believe him, do my own homework. He does not lie.
Beck lies, he also manipulates the truth. I would take the things he says very lightly.
Beck lies, he also manipulates the truth. I would take the things he says very lightly.
“The validity of the public debt of the United States … shall not be questioned.” — The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
What's ‘crazy talk’ is Republicans suggesting that the U.S. defaulting on its obligations isn't a ‘big deal.’
If President Obama does his duty, ignores the unconstitutional debt ceiling and continues to meet our past obligations per the Constitutional requirement, the Republican-controlled U.S. House will most assuredly impeach him. But, of course, they were looking for an excuse for that all along.
LOL!! I would, too, if I didn't have news links backing up most of what he says. He is OFTEN right.
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Congress authorized the spending that incurring the obligations. To say now that they won't meet those obligations is the real crime.
If Obama can do it, he should.
The republicans are playing games with the countries economic health for their own political purposes, it does not serve the nation.
Beck is pretty clever. It's not so much that he lies, but rather that he presents such an absurd interpretation of factual events that he diverges significantly from reality.
Congress authorized the spending that incurring the obligations. To say now that they won't meet those obligations is the real crime.
If Obama can do it, he should.
The republicans are playing games with the countries economic health for their own political purposes, it does not serve the nation.
Let's see here:
1) Congress authorized a certain amount of spending.
2) Congress authorized a certain amount of taxes to be collected.
3) Congress prohibited the Treasury from borrowing money to make up the difference.
It doesn't take a PhD in Economics to see that statements 1, 2, and 3 are incompatible. Since Congress has passed contradictory laws, the executive branch will have to pick and choose which laws get enforced. It's hardly an ideal situation, but under the circumstances I can't say I blame Obama. There is no particular legal reason why #3 should take priority over #1, since Congress signed them BOTH into law with equal legitimacy and with equal force of the law.
The president does not have the authority to pick and choose which laws to follow.
He is not a dictator that is above the law.
Let's see here:
1) Congress authorized a certain amount of spending.
2) Congress authorized a certain amount of taxes to be collected.
3) Congress prohibited the Treasury from borrowing money to make up the difference.
It doesn't take a PhD in Economics to see that statements 1, 2, and 3 are incompatible. Since Congress has passed contradictory laws, the executive branch will have to pick and choose which laws get enforced. It's hardly an ideal situation, but under the circumstances I can't say I blame Obama. There is no particular legal reason why #3 should take priority over #1, since Congress signed them BOTH into law with equal legitimacy and with equal force of the law.
Boy am I confused ... I thought nothing actually became a law until it was signed by the President ..
Congress passed CONTRADICTORY laws, so he has no CHOICE but to pick and choose which laws to follow. This isn't some philosophical legal principle, this is basic logic. If Congress passes a law mandating that the president wear a tie on Friday, and passes another law banning the president from wearing a tie on Friday, common sense says that he can't obey both laws...regardless of whether he fancies himself a dictator above the law.
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