How President Obama Could be Swept Away with His Executive Orders That Defy Congress and the Courts | Cato Institute

How President Obama Could be Swept Away with His Executive Orders That Defy Congress and the Courts | Cato Institute: "In 1974, the Senate Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers was surprised to discover that “Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency. There are now in effect four presidentially-proclaimed states of national emergency. In addition to the national emergency declared by President Roosevelt [during the Great Depression], there are also the national emergency proclaimed by President Truman on December 16, 1950, during the Korean conflict, and the states of national emergency declared by President Nixon on March 23, 1970 and August 15, 1971.”



The committee report continued, “These proclamations give force to 470 provisions of Federal law, delegating to the President extraordinary powers, ordinarily exercised by the Congress, which affect the lives of American citizens in a host of all-encompassing manners…The President may seize property, organize and control the means of production, seize commodities, assign military forces abroad, institute martial law, seize and control all transportation and communication, regulate the operation of private enterprise, restrict travel, and in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all Americans.”"



"Reportedly every president since Grover Cleveland has had some of his executive orders modified or revoked by legislation."

School District Seizes Lunches From 40 Elementary Students in Debt

School District Seizes Lunches From 40 Elementary Students in Debt: "So the department did what any humane, understanding person would do: they snatched the meals from the children and threw them in the trash."



How does wasting the food help anything?!?

Obama Keeps Showing Why He's Impeachable | Cato Institute

Obama Keeps Showing Why He's Impeachable | Cato Institute: "Back in March 2012, “the White House released an executive order, ‘National Defense Resources Preparedness.’ The document is stunning in its audacity and a flagrant violation of the Constitution. It states that, in case of a war or national emergency, the federal government has the authority to take over almost every aspect of American society. Food, livestock, farming equipment, manufacturing, industry, energy, transportation, hospitals, health care facilities, water resources, defense and construction.”"

11-year-old Illinois girl's cupcake business shut down by county officials | Fox News

11-year-old Illinois girl's cupcake business shut down by county officials | Fox News: "Amy Yeager, a health department spokeswoman, told the newspaper the county was only applying the law governing businesses that sell and distribute food to the general public. 

"The rules are the rules. It’s for the protection of the public health," Yeager said. "The guidelines apply to everyone." "



Maybe the rules should be changed...

Jay Leno: 'I don't want to do another 'Tonight Show'' | Fox News

Jay Leno: 'I don't want to do another 'Tonight Show'' | Fox News: "You always put the joke first. A lot of times I see comedians put their political belief in front of the joke. If you're going to be a comedian, tell jokes. The real trick is, especially with politicians, I never question their patriotism and I never question their basic decency, I just question their judgment."

Cheap Coin from the Republicans - Campaign for Liberty

Cheap Coin from the Republicans - Campaign for Liberty: "When Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and White House, this legislation could have passed Congress and would have been signed into law—but the GOP leadership never showed any interest in moving this legislation. They only showed an interest in this issue after Obama became President. Perhaps I am being too cynical, but this suggests the GOP leadership is more interested in symbolic votes to make opponents of taxpayer-funded abortion think they are on their side than actually protecting taxpayers from being forced to subsidize abortions."

RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com

RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com: "The resolution, affirmed by a voice vote at the GOP’s winter meeting, was a remarkable move from many of the same party activists who vigorously defended controversial surveillance programs during George W. Bush’s administration."

Obama Reveals Himself as a Champion of the Surveillance State | Cato Institute

Obama Reveals Himself as a Champion of the Surveillance State | Cato Institute: "his review group on NSA surveillance ... [didn't] find any evidence that the program had been particularly useful. As the group’s report, issued in December, put it, information derived from bulk collection “was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner” through other means."

MILLER: D.C. trial for one shotgun shell but no gun, not given NBC David Gregory offer - Washington Times

MILLER: D.C. trial for one shotgun shell but no gun, not given NBC David Gregory offer - Washington Times: "A hunter and gun owner, Mr. Witaschek has always kept his firearms at his sister’s house in Virginia. If convicted, he faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for having a single, inoperable shotgun shell in his home. "

Five overlooked costs of the NSA surveillance flap - CSMonitor.com

Five overlooked costs of the NSA surveillance flap - CSMonitor.com: "The NSA-Snowden episode has undermined US arguments on the international stage in favor of wide access to information via the Internet and against censorship and government surveillance of citizens, experts in the US say."

If Snowden didn't bring it to light someone else would have (especially given NSA's lax security standards) so including Snowden in the cause is like blaming the last straw for breaking the camel's back.

Desert Tech, Utah gunmaker, turns down $15 million deal with Pakistan | Fox News

Desert Tech, Utah gunmaker, turns down $15 million deal with Pakistan | Fox News: "Mike Davis, sales manager at Desert Tech, said the company was on a short list for a contract with Pakistan, but spurned the opportunity because of unrest in Pakistan and ethical concerns.

It was a difficult decision because of the amount of money involved, he said, and the sale of rifles to Pakistan would have been legal."

Putting Headlines Ahead of Science | Cato Institute

Putting Headlines Ahead of Science | Cato Institute: "So, if Science and Nature differentially publish flashy research, and publishing there will deliver funding and tenure, scientists are naturally going to gravitate toward trendy topics and produce flashy research. It’s a cycle that perpetuates Armageddon-style headlines that compel politicians to disburse more money, for more research, ultimately buying a beach house for the doom-saying scientists."