tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post5929192025121836168..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Executive Branch DOMA Power GrabWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-420371580344459982011-02-25T02:13:21.851-05:002011-02-25T02:13:21.851-05:00The godling is desperate...he's losing the &qu...The godling is desperate...he's losing the "gay vote." It must've been scary for Obama when he saw gay people showing up at Tea Party protests, too. Blacks, Hispanics, now gays?<br /><br />Especially conservative <i>young</i> gay folks like <a href="http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2010/08/gay-tea-partiers-speak-out-it-was-harder-to-come-out-as-conservative-than-as-gay-video/" rel="nofollow">two young gay Tea Partyers</a>, who say they're more welcomed at conservative political events than amongst their Leftist, bigoted, gay friends.tuleeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014957696986132377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-87867858921288038812011-02-24T11:56:29.023-05:002011-02-24T11:56:29.023-05:00Old Rebel, here's the diff: 9-11 terrorism an...Old Rebel, here's the diff: 9-11 terrorism and domestic security versus the gay movement and domestic civility. <br /><br />We have the luxury of looking in the rearview mirror ten years after the attack on our airlines/ WTC/ DC and seeing there were no successful (major) others... so far, and probably <i>because</i> of W's wars and preventive, heightened Exec security measures taken. Plots were foiled. Perhaps it is time to rollback the extra authority Bush exerted-- and which the Obama administration has actually increased-- if we're not so threatened, anymore, (except, apparently, by Bob Barr bumper stickers, Tea Party bluehairs, and people with hip replacements trying to get on planes.)<br /><br />Are the US and world facing a melt-down from the dangers of DOMA? Of course not, it's a social-political issue which doesn't pose a security threat. Obama's "bad thing" was to grab extra authority for crass politics, unless you believe he actually is motivated by principled humanitarianism, and then it would be a matter of proportionality and hypocritically not deferring to Congress, as he would have us do wrt Obamacare.<br /><br />BTW, I'm a fiscal and defense con who has favored SSM for a couple of decades, and yet am less sanguine about another kind of marriage that may be sanctioned in the name of civil rights.sort of runic rhymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110191531105638013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-12711089834047301732011-02-24T11:14:35.410-05:002011-02-24T11:14:35.410-05:00This is indeed a power grab. We paleocons were con...This is indeed a power grab. We paleocons were condemned for not supporting W's assertions of a unitary ("imperial") Executive during the glory days of the War on Terror.<br /><br />Now Obama is using similar justification for imposing his agenda, and it's a bad thing all of a sudden.Old Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146916266682461688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-41815545045763052232011-02-24T11:01:25.224-05:002011-02-24T11:01:25.224-05:00This move is very smart on Obama's part, becau...This move is very smart on Obama's part, because it:<br /><br />1) makes him look morally and constitutionally "principled" (I said "look") <br /><br />2) shores up his leftist base on account of the gays and for resisting any Republican-Blue Dog law<br /><br />3) possibly gives hope to American Muslims who'll eventually sue for their civil rights to have their traditional marriage arrangements recognized<br /><br />4) riles a lot of social cons, which could alienate their fellow fiscal con Pubs and libertarians and weaken the Tea Party<br /><br />5) sets a clear precedent of power takings by this Exec which Obama, imo, will resort to unapologetically in more instances to come to advance his agenda and own re-election prospects<br /><br />6) shows us that Holder being made AG was no inept, inapt accident but an intentional, deeply political appointment. My fear is that a Holder DOJ won't be just about ideology, but about elections and selective prosecution of campaign law, donors and "irregularities," as the Obama team needs.sort of runic rhymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110191531105638013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-43492356912455350542011-02-24T09:34:14.456-05:002011-02-24T09:34:14.456-05:00@nestorma, it is really whether it is "new&qu...@nestorma, it is really whether it is "new", but whether it is going to be done sparingly or daily. This was also true with Executive Orders, which this administration has abused.Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097231728936586402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-16414503833107807102011-02-24T01:54:43.623-05:002011-02-24T01:54:43.623-05:00Considering that the DOJ apparently has in place a...Considering that the DOJ apparently has in place a "we don't prosecute crimes by black people against white people policy" (NBPP voter intimidation and subsequent protest resignation of DOJ lawyer), that the DOJ only enforces immigration laws it likes (bash AZ, ignore sanctuary cities--the latter goes for Bush, too, btw), and that it sues states with which it disagrees, this is completely unsurprising. <br /><br />I had high hopes for Darrell Issa, but honestly, it looks like he's going for low-hanging fruit to declare "victories" and letting this traitorous crime syndicate run loose. I won't forget.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-78115849638753837412011-02-23T21:30:41.674-05:002011-02-23T21:30:41.674-05:00Reagan's Justice Department declined to defend...Reagan's Justice Department declined to defend the Independent Counsel law. This is nothing new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53905016071749683572011-02-23T20:41:09.892-05:002011-02-23T20:41:09.892-05:00I agree with the Administration's precedent. A...I agree with the Administration's precedent. Also, public defenders' offices should not be required to defend people they suspect may be guilty, nor those the defense of whom might somehow interfere with the office's public popularity. Constitution? What's that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71081912530506736182011-02-23T19:38:31.590-05:002011-02-23T19:38:31.590-05:00Everybody is missing the point here. Asking the re...Everybody is missing the point here. Asking the reaction to such a proclamation by President Palin is irrelevant because to progressives the only principles are outcomes--does anyone doubt that they have no procedural principles, as it were?<br /><br />How they would react to such an act by President Palin? Obviously, with frenzied opposition because the issue is not whether the DoJ should do this or that, but is the outcome that which they want?Alex Benskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669007254706796976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-56775720216401900132011-02-23T19:06:34.354-05:002011-02-23T19:06:34.354-05:00The new Presidential V- for victory-eto that Congr...The new Presidential V- for victory-eto that Congresses can't override.sort of runic rhymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110191531105638013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-13351902691105402422011-02-23T18:57:28.370-05:002011-02-23T18:57:28.370-05:00DOMA may be just an opening wedge, whereby they ar...DOMA may be just an opening wedge, whereby they are planning to effectively strike down some other law that they are really after. In the meantime they get us used to the idea of the abuse as SOP. The way they have routinized the abuse of Executive Orders.Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097231728936586402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-19369712222446131542011-02-23T18:49:02.639-05:002011-02-23T18:49:02.639-05:00I remember how the left sqawked that Bush had torn...I remember how the left sqawked that Bush had torn up the Constitution. Now it seems that Obama has never bothered to read it.<br /><br />It is the position of the legislative branch to create laws. It is the position of the DoJ to enforce those laws no matter the personal opinion of the POTUS or the Attorney General. But it seems that Obama, and his puppet, Eric Holder, will only defend the laws they like and agree with, not the laws as enacted by Congress.<br /><br />Is there any doubt left that this Administration believes that it does not have to carry out its Constitutional duties, if they don't agree with them?retire05https://www.blogger.com/profile/04192090871824415437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47823635812175031192011-02-23T18:46:02.701-05:002011-02-23T18:46:02.701-05:00Re Rahm, we, you and I and everyone outside Chicag...Re Rahm, we, you and I and everyone outside Chicago, will now get to pay for corruption in Chicago, courtesy of Rahm's access to the federal treasury.Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097231728936586402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-41265571980485324862011-02-23T18:42:34.585-05:002011-02-23T18:42:34.585-05:00Didn't Eric Hold swear to uphold the Constitut...Didn't Eric Hold swear to uphold the Constitution and the laws in the United States? Isn't this a dereliction of duty? Is there a way Congress can remove him from office?Tanny O'Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530902729149240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-32217644193618927652011-02-23T18:28:26.047-05:002011-02-23T18:28:26.047-05:00Every time, or should I say every news cycle, a vo...Every time, or should I say every news cycle, a vote is lost, they pull one out of the bag somewhere else.<br /><br />The manipulation of the Administration is an abomidable crime.<br /><br />And Rahm Emmanuel won too, they must think they're invincible today.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956024937374267943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-50349244640771465172011-02-23T16:54:21.147-05:002011-02-23T16:54:21.147-05:00The pattern of behavior for this administration se...The pattern of behavior for this administration seems to champion a hierarchy of protected classes; for the benefit of special interests; at the expense of due process.<br /><br />A govt. of progressives, by progressives, for progressives... and the rest of us be damned?locomotivebreath1901https://www.blogger.com/profile/00467785916176575838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-78092551498375690692011-02-23T16:25:41.958-05:002011-02-23T16:25:41.958-05:00Direct hit. Thank you, professor. DOMA, Obama an...Direct hit. Thank you, professor. DOMA, Obama and Holder, preceded by Brown and Proposition 8 and the abdication of responsibility in office because of their guesses about what might come to be is scandal and betrayal of the public trust.dmurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701970257321622149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53778386639807744512011-02-23T16:21:34.401-05:002011-02-23T16:21:34.401-05:00Consider what would happen if a Republican preside...Consider what would happen if a Republican president ordered the Soliciter General to file a suit against ObamaCare in order to declare it unconstitutional. Would the Attorney General and the Justice Department have to defend it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948061264564780402noreply@blogger.com