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And Lincoln suspended habeus corpus, Thomas Jefferson unilaterally committed the United States to the Louisiana Purchase, and George W Bush's signing statements were a litany of why the laws didn't apply to him.
Well then back to my original question.
Is there any way Obama could serve a third term short of a national emergency ?
Is there any way Obama could serve a third term short of a national emergency ?
No. And it would have to be a national emergency of a very extreme nature, because our prolonged election process actually paves the way for the transition. We even managed to re-elect Lincoln despite a Civil War.
You totally deflected there and turned this into "All Presidents use EOs".
Here's my original post you commented on:
Originally Posted by HappyTexan View Post
Is there anyway for that to happen short of a national emergency at election time ?
I don't think there are any other loopholes to serving a third term.
Congress said no to the Dream Act and Obama found a way around that legally I might add.
Obama invaded Libya via a Friday night memo and used that 30 day rule.
Obama has used EO's to enact climate change initiatives through the EPA bypassing Congress.
He has found ways, legal ways, to bypass or alter the laws without needing the approval of Congress.
So you just wanted to state what Obama has done and not compare it to any other president, got it. Also, the executive orders were legal actions that any president is allowed to do...though you are allowed to disagree with those executive orders all you want.
Why are idiots so willing to vote an idiot to a third term? Are they afraid of being called a racist if they don't, or does it go deeper.
I don't think 'racism' was the driving force behind the repeal of the 22nd amendment.
if you read the article -- which i know most of you didn't -- they talk about how this guy has been trying to repeal the 22nd amendment for a long time, and it has nothing to do with Obama.
it also talks about how a variety of people have supported the legislation in the past -- including Ronald Reagan.
I don't think 'racism' was the driving force behind the repeal of the 22nd amendment.
if you read the article -- which i know most of you didn't -- they talk about how this guy has been trying to repeal the 22nd amendment for a long time, and it has nothing to do with Obama.
it also talks about how a variety of people have supported the legislation in the past -- including Ronald Reagan.
Yeah, well Reagan, the big "anti-government" advocate, loved being president and wanted to keep on doing so.
This old chestnut surfaced back in 2007 and also back in 1999.
As 2016 get's closer the conspiracy nutjobs will start back up with the "they will declare martial law and put us in FEMA camps" to keep Obama in office blah blah blah. Same as they did for Bush, Clinton and Reagan....
I said Romney would defeat Obama. Logically, he should have done so, as we had the worst president in US history as his opponant.
However, I now know and appreciate that most Americans are idiots who reflexively vote for democrats, regardless of performance or effect on the nation.
As long as we have-
1. high unemployment
2. more poor people
3. more people on foodstamps
4. more people on disability
5. more illegal immigrants
6. more idiots and a declining national IQ
- we will always have democrat politicians. Given current trends, I think that democrats can breathe easy while the nation falls into ruin. Our fate is that of Detroit- a liberal utopia with predictable results.
Your open condescension of Americans is pretty appalling, and I think is a reflection of your true character.
Your open condescension of Americans is pretty appalling, and I think is a reflection of your true character.
well, this is how politicians view americans
which is why they say and do the things they do
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