Maybe it's his background teaching constitutional law.
If elected president, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said one of the first things he wants to do is ensure the constitutionality of all the laws and executive orders passed while Republican President George W. Bush has been in office.
Those that don't pass muster will be overturned, he said.
During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama - a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School - was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office.
"I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution," said Obama
Other goals for his first 100 days: work out a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq; make progress on alternative energy plans and launch legislation to reform the health care system.
Anyone else noticing a pattern here? Democrats during the 2006 election promised to "right the wrongs of the Bush administration". They made literally hundreds of campaign promises to the American public in exchange for being elected.
Well they were elected and to date, they've accomplished ONE campaign promise; they raised the minimum wage. I warned about higher prices for everything we consume if that happened, and guess what? Coupled with higher energy costs, the minimum wage increase has cost us a LOT of money in everything.
Now, Obama is making campaign promises that I severely doubt he'll keep. During the first 100 days of office, anyone care to bet me what he'll accomplish?
Even two of the commenters have some serious questions about Obama:
May 28th, 2008 3:54 pm GMT | Mr. Obama, I must ask you two questions: 1) As you are and have been a member of the United States Senate for the last four years, I would have expected you would have evaluated any legislation during that time period to insure you were helping to pass only laws which are constitutional. Do you, therefore, only intend to review laws from before you were a member of the Senate for Constitutionality or are those laws enacted since you took office also planned for review? If the former, please explain why you failed to take the time while you were in the Senate to review what your predecessors had done. If the latter, please explain why you were lax in carrying out your duties as a US Senator? 2) Since you have indicated it is your intention, if elected, to meet with your Attorney General to review existing legislation and overturn that which you consider unconstitutional, I must ask you to please identify precisely what power granted by the Constitution to the office of the Presidency allows such a unilateral action on your behalf? Do you believe that you are not personally subject to the US Constitution? The Separation of Powers given by that historic and monumental document does not allow the President to subsume the functions of the courts and the judiciary. - Posted by kdurham68 |
May 28th, 2008 3:55 pm GMT | Firstly, Obama was not a law professor, he was a lecturer. Also he fails define the statement "pass muster". Does he mean quit fighting terrorist? Bush cannot make laws, only the congress. Better be ready to accept marxist ways if Obama becomes our next president. As for the surpreme court, the justices sorta of remind about the old saying us engineers used to say: "An engineer that can't design becomes a manager, if they can't manage, they become professors who teach engineering, and if they can't teach they write books on how to be an engineer". All judges that I'm aware of are pollitically appointed irregardless of their ability. - Posted by Jack from Kansas We shall see Mr. Obama IF you're elected. Hell, I'd LOVE to see him succeed in his campaign promises, but let's face it, the only people who make America better are the American public. Travis |
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