Friends, we cannot vote our way out of this mess:
On March 30, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y., picture, left) and 15 co-sponsors (including Republican leaders) introduced S. 679, the “Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act.” The measure would remove the “advice and consent” requirement for many executive branch appointments, giving the President unchecked power to fill key administration positions.
Ostensibly, the bill enjoys bipartisan support because its sole purpose is to relieve the backlog of unconfirmed appointees by eliminating the confirmation requirement for about 200 offices.
The process by which heads of executive branch departments are appointed and confirmed is set forth by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The “Appointments Clause” provides that the President:
… shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
If this bill passes, the checks and balances established by our Founding Fathers as a protection against tyranny will be eliminated, as well as the concept of enumerated powers.
Full Story: Obama and Senate Rewriting Article II
The obvious comment would be: So what is new? The government stopped following the Constitution (insert time frame).
There are three keys points to be made:
1. The government has openly abandoned the Constitution.
2. The Supreme Court is has abandoned their part in the balance of powers.
3. We the People do nothing.
Thomas Jefferson again points out the obvious:
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”
Now do you understand why our educational system consists of indoctrination centers under union control?