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Date: August 3, 2007 10:34:42 AM PDT
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Subject: Who Killed the Constitution?
"By acts of omission, Congress is an accomplice to the murder of
the Constitution. If the Constitutional provision for impeachment
and removal from office is not invoked NOW against Bush and Cheney,
it never CAN be in the future. That provision will be dead
forever, never to be used no matter how serious the crime, because
no one could ever be such blatant criminals as these men have
been. The American citizenry is also guilty of murdering the
Constitution. Their motive? Ignorance or indifference."
August 3, 2007
Death imminent for U. S. Constitution
By P. A. Triot
http://www.opednews.com/articles/
opedne_p__a__tr_070802_death_imminent_for_u.htm
Twenty or so years ago there was quite a public discussion about
whether or not God was dead.
Of course, God was not dead then, and is not dead now, nor will God
ever be dead.
The same cannot be said for the Constitution of the United States
of America. That document, and all it stands for, is in imminent
danger of demise.
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have done their utmost to kill the
precepts of that august document. But those two outlaws alone are
not treacherous enough to succeed.
Bush and Cheney are but two of a host of outlaws currently
conspiring to kill the Constitution.
Others in the current administration share the death-eater moniker,
among them are Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Myers.
Several justices of the U. S. Supreme Court also are candidates for
distain for their actions in whittling away at the Constitution.
These outlaws, and hundreds of others are guilty of acts of
commission in helping kill the Constitution. However, they are not
the only culprits in the ebbing death of that hallowed document.
Members of congress, including the leadership, are party to the
Constitution’s slide to oblivion through acts of omission. So are
many, many average citizens.
Here is the point: failure to enforce the provisions of the
Constitution by one branch of government that curb the excesses of
another branch is is simply allowing the Constitutional to die. It
is the old bromide of “use it or lose it,” in reference to one’s
power.
I submit that no administration in the history of this country has
abused and misused the authority granted the executive branch of
government by the Constitution as grievously as the Bush-Cheney
administration.
They have committed war crimes. They have trampled individuals’
rights. They have condoned torture. They have ignored the often-
expressed will of the people. They have lied to congress and the
American people. They are, collectively, an outlaw regime.
I furthermore submit that no group of justices have so abused the
Constitution as have several in the past seven years.
Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas
subverted the Constitution with their decision (along with Sandra
Day O’Connor and the late William Rehnquist) to short-circuit the
Constitutional provisions for electing a president and thereby
interfering with the Florida election count in 2000.
Justice Samuel Alito conceived the theory of a “unitary executive”
when he was a Justice Department lawyer a few years ago. The
“unitary executive” theory essentially allows the president to
proclaim that he is a law unto himself and not subject to question
by congress, the courts or even the citizenry.
Anyone who advocates such an anti-Constitutional theory, or is
capable of dreaming up such a scheme, is unqualified to serve in
government, let alone be a justice of the Supreme Court.
Congress, on the other hand, has done virtually nothing to uphold
its own authority to curb executive and judicial excesses.
Authority granted to the legislative branch consists of:
Power of the purse, i.e., cut off funds to the other two branches.
Override presidential vetoes.
Advice and consent of presidential appointments of senior
administration officials and federal court justices.
Impeachment and removal from office of the president, vice
president, court justices and all civil officers of government.
Not once has congress seriously exercised its authority to reign in
the president or to call for an accounting by the justices. By acts
of omission, congress and its leaders are helping kill the
Constitution.
If the Constitutional provision for impeachment and removal from
office is not invoked now against Bush and Cheney, it never can be
in the future. That provision will be dead forever, never to be
used no matter the crime because no president or vice president
could ever be such outlaws as these men have been and still are.
The American citizenry is also culpable in this Constitutional
murder, either through ignorance or indifference.
Until recently, there have been few calls for removal of any of the
outlaws. Now, some 54% of the populace believe Cheney should be
impeached (not a bad sign), but far fewer want Bush dumped.
I’m told by those who disagree with me that “it would take too
long,” or “it would only accomplish more bitterness and
polarization,” or “it would be more productive to pass some decent
legislation.”
I believe there is no more important task for any citizen, elected
official or appointed judge than to take all the time needed,
endure all the vitriol that can be spewed or forego any single law
to keep the U. S. Constitution alive, well and vigorously exercised.
After all, without a vibrant Constitution, there can be no meaning
to any aspect of our government.
In short, we owe it to the founding fathers, ourselves and future
generations to preserve and protect the Constitution. It’s simply
the law.
Authors Bio: P. A. Triot is the pen name of a retired jounalist.
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