Legislators, Remember your Oath of Office »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 3 months ago149 Comments Report this Story
The American People should contact their various legislators, remind them of their oath, and inform them that they will not receive another vote unless they do their duty and uphold the Constitution they promised to protect and defend.
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ETproductions1 year, 3 months ago
Now there is a good idea. Begin a push toward impeachment of every legislator who fails to uphold their oath of office. They are duty bound to defend the US Constitution against just such abuses as the Bush/Cheney crew have brought us. It a given legislator refuses to act in accordance with their oath of office, them impeach THEM. I don't think many will have to go before they get the message and go after the real criminals in this matter.
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Redneck1 year, 3 months ago
Impeach the judges who are not upholding the clear true meaning of the Constitution. I agree that many in congress fall under this class but what about the judges who are writing law? That has never been written into the Constitution either. The big move would be to demand the congress to impeach the judges! Why stop half way?
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el-jefe1 year, 3 months ago
Do you have a short list of legislators who have well and truly violated their oaths of office? Or, like the proposed Bush/Cheney impeachments, is this just a matter of "I don't like what they've done, so let's throw the B******S out!"
Uh, and you're voting for Ron Paul, right? Probably the only legislator on the hill who actually pays attention to the constitution.
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jackoinla1 year, 3 months ago
I can't believe some of the complete ignorance of people as it relates to the GWB administration and this war. For one, is it not obvious and well known that these people started this war,citing false information for a reason. Is this not one of the most reprehensible actions that anyone could take. As a result, thousands have died. In the name of democracy. I applaud Carter as a patriot. Someone who finally spoke the obvious out loud, not willing to watch this administration destroy this country. These legislatures need to do the same.
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Beeboppin711 year, 3 months ago
In utopia, this would be my ideal. But here's the kicker, the burden of proof lies with the prosecution. You have to prove in a court of law that they have violated their oaths of office. With the entire system being corrupt this will be a bit difficult. From pages to judges, ALL politicians know how to bury the evidence of wrong doing or how to work just over the line inside the law.
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infideldawg1 year, 3 months ago
Great idea...now let's get ready for the 500-plus Congressional slots this will free up...
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el-jefe1 year, 3 months ago
There has always been some give and take and room for interpretation on just where the lines of demarcation are between the various branches of government. There are two reasons for what you've been seeing with the Bush administration:
1. In the last few administrations (since Nixon, really), the power of the executive branch has been nibbled away bit by bit. There is no constitutional reason or support for this. One of the early goals (2000-2001 goals) of the Bush administration was to restore some of these powers to the executive branch. By itself, there's nothing wrong with this, and it's even somewhat commendable. However, much like with foreign policy, the devil is in the details, and the Bush administration has implemented much of this strategy very poorly. The current implementation of the Patriot Act is a good example.
2. Congress, likewise, has done a poor job of asserting some of the powers it has traditionally held.
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bubba21 year, 3 months ago
The majority of Americans want our troops out of Iraq.
Congress is elected by the people and OUR tax dollars pay their salaries. They are OUR public servants.
In addition to their oath of office, they have also forgotten that they are SUPPOSED to represent the people that elected them.
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KingOfTruth1 year, 3 months ago
bubba2:
The majority of Americans want...
Well that doesn't really matter because we are not a Democracy we are a Republic that was set up to protect the minority from the majority.....
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el-jefe1 year, 3 months ago
Amen for that! The founding fathers were well aware of the problems with the Athenian Democracy (which lasted a shorter period of time than the United States has), and how many of them were overcome with the structure of the Roman Republic (which lasted as a republic almost twice as long as the US has before turning into a de facto empire).
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NelsonR1 year, 3 months ago
Thanks for the post. Will use the sites you alluded to freshen up on our Democracy. Need it, since I perceive our Government as not following the rules laid down by our forefathers.
Many will accuse me of being anti-American by the following statement but its how I feel today. While listening to Putin on T.V. he made a parallel between Mr. Bush and Adolph Hitler and I truely believe in the comparison.
Our country has become a preveyor of wars and misery in the world to promote our ideology of how things should be. Our meddling is continuous.
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KingOfTruth1 year, 3 months ago
And Nelson seems to be siding with his neo commie pal, Putin....
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b4thewind1 year, 3 months ago
King of Tooth - You apparently think this is particularly clever - you've posted it twice. Interesting - I'm reading a book about the early attempts after the invasion to educate the Iraqis on Democracy. And this was a key cornerstone of the Democratic process - to protect the rights of the minorities. Now, you seem to write - or cut-n-paste - as if this were a bad thing. I've read your posts about the current administration and the efforts in Iraq - and you seem to be a staunch supporter. But are you breaking ranks on this issue. By the way, the author of the book, Larry Diamond - was hand-picked by Condie Rice to work with the CPA in Iraq on the democratization process.
BY THE WAY - I'll be REAL surprised if you respond - you never do to direct questions. We'll see I guess. Prove me wrong.
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MonkeyBiz1 year, 3 months ago
"...that was set up to protect the minority from the will of the majority....."
Protecting the minority from the majority is certainly one of the great parts of our system, but is not even mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
I find it quite peculiar that a right winger would be bringing up protecting minority interests from majority oppression, twice.
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Jaydee401 year, 3 months ago
How can you say it's over? The Hitler era is a time in German history when the German people were lead to believe they had the perfect ideas on government, economy, science, education, and so on. The current administration has put forward the same principles as the German Nationals telling the American people that they have the only true free country with rights denied to any other country. They also boldly mislead the people on the state of the economy trying to hide it's record drop in world wealth. The once envied human rights standard has been tossed aside to be replaced with one that routinely denies even basic right and what do they give as an excuse, the Muslims in the middle east want every American dead.
Americans have seen what is going on, this is where the similarities end, people, every day people have the responsibility to end this hijacking of power and time will show how they deal with it.
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