Expert Testifies to Congress that Obama’s ‘Ignoring Laws’ Could Lead to
Overthrow of Government
By Noah Rothman, December 3rd, 2013
During a congressional committee hearing about the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency and the implications of President Barack Obama’s disregard for implementing the Affordable Care Act as written, one expert testified that the consequences of the president’s behavior were potentially grave. He said that the precedent set by Obama could eventually lead to an armed revolt against the federal government.
On Tuesday, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies, testified before a congressional committee about the dangers of the president’s legal behavior.
"There is one last thing to which the people can resort if the government does not respect the restrains that the constitution places on the government," Cannon said. "Abraham Lincoln talked about our right to alter our government or our revolutionary right to overthrow it."
"That is certainly something that no one wants to contemplate," he continued. "If the people come to believe that the government is no longer constrained by the laws then they will conclude that neither are they."
"That is a very dangerous sort of thing for the president to do, to wantonly ignore the laws," Cannon concluded, "to try to impose obligation upon people that the legislature did not approve."
Link with video:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/expert-testifies-to-congress-that-obamas-ignoring-laws-could-lead-to-overthrow-of-government/
Overthrow of Government
By Noah Rothman, December 3rd, 2013
During a congressional committee hearing about the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency and the implications of President Barack Obama’s disregard for implementing the Affordable Care Act as written, one expert testified that the consequences of the president’s behavior were potentially grave. He said that the precedent set by Obama could eventually lead to an armed revolt against the federal government.
On Tuesday, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies, testified before a congressional committee about the dangers of the president’s legal behavior.
"There is one last thing to which the people can resort if the government does not respect the restrains that the constitution places on the government," Cannon said. "Abraham Lincoln talked about our right to alter our government or our revolutionary right to overthrow it."
"That is certainly something that no one wants to contemplate," he continued. "If the people come to believe that the government is no longer constrained by the laws then they will conclude that neither are they."
"That is a very dangerous sort of thing for the president to do, to wantonly ignore the laws," Cannon concluded, "to try to impose obligation upon people that the legislature did not approve."
Link with video:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/expert-testifies-to-congress-that-obamas-ignoring-laws-could-lead-to-overthrow-of-government/
Comment by the Blog Author
Remember the first Obama-versus-Romney Presidential debate on October 3, 2012? This showed us a poorly prepared, flippant, dismissive, name-calling Obama, a man who acted like the election was over and he had won. After the debate was finished, he gloated about how well he had done and went to bed. The next morning, after looking at dismal poll numbers, he decided to stay "on message": and snuggle up to the teleprompter as he had done with religious fervor in the 2008 Presidential campaign.
But what if the snotty, prep-school Obama we saw on 10/03/12 represents Obama’s real personality? Should we accede to giving this man power to nullify legislation that has been passed and signed into law? I find that to be a profoundly unwise course of action, especially since the actual oath of office swears fealty to the Constitution
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At a minimum, I think we can label Obama as illiberal.
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