Bush the Dictator

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

President Bush signed new presidential directive, on May 9th, that could give him power to overrule congress and the judicial branch of the government in the event of a "catastrophic event".

Should the president have the ability to become a dictator in the event of a "national emergency", when the constitution works so hard to create a balance of power in the government?

Read more here:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...articleId=5720

Nobody seems to want to listen to stuff like this. It just gets buried or ignored. But Bush has implemented or signed a number of things into law recently without any congressional oversight or vote.

Does anyone know we are in the process now of forming a North American Union like the EU?

Immigration plays into all this. It seems almost as if someone declared Marshall law and forgot to tell the rest of us

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Nobody seems to want to listen to stuff like this. It just gets buried or ignored. But Bush has implemented or signed a number of things into law recently without any congressional oversight or vote.

Does anyone know we are in the process now of forming a North American Union like the EU?

Immigration plays into all this. It seems almost as if someone declared Marshall law and forgot to tell the rest of us

CC1 always loved when I used to say Bush was a horrible President on NFCF!

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

President Bush signed new presidential directive, on May 9th, that could give him power to overrule congress and the judicial branch of the government in the event of a "catastrophic event".

Should the president have the ability to become a dictator in the event of a "national emergency", when the constitution works so hard to create a balance of power in the government?

Read more here:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...articleId=5720

When Lincoln declared martial law, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional. For more about the topic: http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_mlaw.html

As it stands, the Constitution does not give any branch of the federal goverment the authority to declare martial law.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Chan

When Lincoln declared martial law, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional. For more about the topic: http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_mlaw.html

As it stands, the Constitution does not give any branch of the federal goverment the authority to declare martial law.

Also.... as it stands the Constitution doesn't have much to say about what politicians do or what judges rule these days.

What either do has no bearing on whether it is Constitutional or not.

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Also.... as it stands the Constitution doesn't have much to say about what politicians do or what judges rule these days.

What either do has no bearing on whether it is Constitutional or not.

But what they do may or may not be constitutional. Article I tells us what powers the Congress has, Article II tells us what powers the President has and Article III tells us what powers the Courts have. Any straying from those articles (as amended) is automatically unconstitutional.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Chan

But what they do may or may not be constitutional. Article I tells us what powers the Congress has, Article II tells us what powers the President has and Article III tells us what powers the Courts have. Any straying from those articles (as amended) is automatically unconstitutional.

Indeed...