The sad truth is we are no longer a nation of laws the power has been shifted from the states to the District of Columbia (I no long want to us Washington as he would never condone this) and presidents from now on will, in fact, be more Tyrant than anything else as they can now do as they please regardless of the laws.
I’m glad that my family that fought and won WW II did not live to see their country lost.
The Government Accountability Office has rendered a decision on the actions of the Obama Administration in swapping five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year. At the time on CNN and other forums, I noted that President Obama had again openly violated federal law which requires at least 30 days of advance notice in such a change. The GAO agreed and found that the Administration clearly violated federal law. I recently testified (here and here and here and here) and wrote a column on President Obama’s increasing circumvention of Congress in negating or suspending U.S. laws. As in past cases, defenders of the President insist that any violation was done for the best of reasons, but that is a dangerous rationalization for any violation of law. Presidents always insist that they are acting with the best of motivations when they violate laws. We remain…
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