How can our next president run the country? ?
Congress can pigeon-hole the Executive at every turn, according to the Constitution. Whether Cheney, Bush or Clinton ever said it’s just a G-D piece of paper has no bearing on the near-totality of Congress’ powers.
Have a look. It won’t burn your eyeballs out or blow your head up.
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The Constitution of the United States
Article I
Section 7
1: All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
2: Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States;
- If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
- If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law.
3: Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Section 8
1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
13: To provide and maintain a Navy;
14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;-And
18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Section 9
1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
4: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless
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Bryan: Good point. And even there, Congress has the power.
How?
The Constitution sets no specific number of justices that may, at any given time, serve on the court.
So, let them pass a law requiring a thousand, low-paid justices - some lawyers, some not - to serve at all times on the court.
And, unless I missed something, there is no provision ensuring life-time tenure of these justices. I need to study up on that but, whatever the law providing for that, it isn’t in the body of the Constitution (again, unless I missed it).
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the constitution was formed
by the people and for the people and was meant to serve THE PEOPLE. it’s too bad that the congress doesn’t abide by the people’s wishes and has become a self-serving bunch of lawyers who bastardize the true meaning of the constitution.
The next president will not run anything.
They will do whatever the oil companies and the NWO elite tell them to.
Just like GW did.
My point , exactly
All Mr. President can do is veto and issue troops into other countries. they can work with the congress to pass bills but otherwise can’t do jack…
Yes, to have Democracy everyone needs to be a Democrat.
If just one republican sneaks in it will destroy our future.
We need a Congress, and Senate, and President, and Supreme Court on the same team.
Basically Obama will come up with a list of what he wants, and Pelosi, Reid, etc. will come up with a list they want. They will put them together, the Democratic Congress will pass them, and Obama will sign them.
That is how it will work.
The same way the country has been run for the last 232 years. Each body is subject to oversight. If you are really worried about abuse of power in our government then you should be looking more at the judicial than the legislative. Appointed for life and really accountable to no one.
he will have a tough job.