Comments on: Obama, The Constitutional Scholar?Hardly.

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:04:34 +0000

Your assumption that “line by line” is a reference to a line-item veto is in error.

“Each year, the President of the United States submits his budget request to Congress for the following fiscal year, as required by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. Current law (31 U.S.C. 1105(a)) requires the President to submit a budget no earlier than the first Monday in January, and no later than the first Monday in February. Typically, Presidents submit budgets on the first Monday in February” (Taken Nov 19, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget).

The lack of a line-item veto has nothing to do with the responsibility that the President has to submit a budget to Congress for each and every fiscal year. A President may scrutinize it beforehand, line by line, or in any way deemed appropriate. For those who think the Constitution is all inclusive, the Constitution says nothing about the President’s responsibility for the budget. Article I, dealing with the Congress, states that “a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time” but does not assign the responsibility to the President. That came later.

By: Nan G

Nan G — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:52:16 +0000

Obama also wants to do away with the Due Process Clause in the US Constitution.
The other day he said the AIG employees who went to the retreat should be fired and AIG should give the USA an equivalent of the cost of that retreat.
Beside the point was that these were NOT AIG execs but top selling insurance agents (needed to keep the one money making part of that company a going concern) and the retreat had been pre-paid and pre-planned long before AIG was on anyone’s radar.
But no matter.
What does matter is the Constitution.
Obama is too ready to throw our Constitution under the bus.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:04:46 +0000

sorry, that should read preside over the Senate

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:04:05 +0000

And Biden, despite having sat on the Judiciary committee for 30 some-odd years, thinks the first article of the Constitution establishes the executive, and that the Constitution doesn’t mandate that the Vice President preside over congress.

Why bother familiarizing yourself with something you intend to ignore anyway?

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:18:06 +0000

There are two ways he can do this: 1) He can have his Office of Management and Budget more closely review every budget request coming in from departments and agencies before the budget is sent up to Congress, or 2) his OMB can closely review the budget appropriations approved by Congress and refuse to spend money he considers wasteful and innecessary.

Which president was trashed for doing so within the past few years? Help me out with that one.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:28:30 +0000

Radical socialist party claims Obama was a member in 1996. This would seem to be rather more substantial than Sarah Palin's husband being in the AIP.

By: It’s over, Debbie. : Pursuing Holiness

It’s over, Debbie. : Pursuing Holiness — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:15:36 +0000

[...] hole? What memory hole? Move along, prole. Do not criticize The One.Â Don’t question how a Constitutional scholar can be so wrong on so many Constitutional issues.Â Radical?Â Obama?Â Whyever would you think [...]

By: Jack Allen

Jack Allen — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:19:15 +0000

Bruce, no where in the quotes you cite did Senator Obama say he would “veto” line itens. He said he would go through the federal budget line by line and eliminate waste.

There are two ways he can do this: 1) He can have his Office of Management and Budget more closely review every budget request coming in from departments and agencies before the budget is sent up to Congress, or 2) his OMB can closely review the budget appropriations approved by Congress and refuse to spend money he considers wasteful and innecessary.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:15:37 +0000

Writing letters is not the same as actually voting yes or no on an issue. Writing letters is what people with too much time on their hands do, not politicians with a job.

Ok, people with time on their hands also write comments on blogs, but hey – I never claimed to be THE ONE who will save this country!

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Kayak2U Blog » Blog Archive » The value of a Harvard education — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:12:40 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:59:10 +0000

And yet you’ll never hear anything about this gaffe from the MSM…

By: heliotrope

heliotrope — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:23:15 +0000

Fits his m.o. to a tee. He pretends there is a line item veto the same way he pretends he can give tax cuts to people who do not pay taxes. He pretends that “no preconditions” means plenty of preconditions. He pretends that he has oodles of legislative experience. He pretends that his letters to the treasury, foreign leaders, God, and Papa John’s Pizza have all created action. He pretends he knows where bin Laden is and he will send a Yellow Cab to pick him up.

He has sold a lot of snake oil already. So why not sell the line item veto. If necessary, he can always say that Cheney stole it.