http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/powers/ en-us Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:15:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269731/posts Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of... Capitol Archieves http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269731/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:15:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230560/posts The Tenth Amendment is a guarantee of the covenant between the states whose representatives framed and ratified the Constitution and the new central government created by the Constitution. The Constitution is the covenant which contains that solemn agreement. The agreement between the several states and the new central government created by the Constitution was really much more than a “deal” as it has sometimes been called. For those civil governments were governments which saw themselves as under God’s authority, as subject to His providential blessings or chastisements for their faithful obedience or unfaithful disobedience to His eternal standards of rightness... American Vision http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230560/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200790/posts Herein granted The point of this posting is to solicit comments, opinions, and hopefully facts why the words “herein granted” where included in Article 1. Section 1. of the United States Constitution. Article 1. Section 1. could have omitted those two words, “herein granted” and still established the Congress as the legislative branch of government. Let’s begin by assuming that the words of Article 1. Section 1. are as follows :All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. If we can agree, just... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200790/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166284/posts Carol Browner, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Bill Clinton, has been named by Barack Obama to be his Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. This new and undefined office could give her broad influence over economic policy. That is a frightening prospect, not merely because of her participation in a group with overtly socialist ties, but because of the way hostile foreign powers such as China are manipulating the modern Green movement to serve their own national purposes. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1051A58C-1F0D-4574-AFF6-C283D4D6FE83 FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166284/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:34:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032232/posts As the partisan Legislative branch seeks to invade the inner offices of the Executive, a review of the separation of powers issue is timely: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. Were the federal Constitution, therefore, really chargeable with the accumulation of power, or with a mixture of powers, having a dangerous tendency to such an accumulation, no further arguments would be necessary to inspire a universal reprobation of the system. I... The Federalist Papers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032232/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713768/posts Just saw her on the Big Story with John Gibson. She seems like a really angry, sad, pathetic young blonde 'rat hack. She constantly talked over another guest and seemed to blame the Republican party for Mark Foley. Where is she from? Fox News Big Story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713768/posts#comment Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:14:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881196/posts Often the most difficult things to see are those hidden in plain sight. Though rarely reported, the violation of checks and balances attributed to the executive branch by the Democrat-led Congress is actually getting perpetrated by the accusers themselves. They're like an intruding neighbor who charges you with trespassing because you leaned into his yard while throwing him out of your own. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881196/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870786/posts Congress' power to oversee the executive branch for lawlessness or maladministration stands at an abyss. If it neglects to enact a revised edition of the lapsed Independent Counsel Act of 1978, Congress will have been disarmed by President Bush from knowing what the executive branch is doing. Secret government will flourish. And darkness invites executive machinations to violate the law and to destroy political or personal rivals. Remember President Richard M. Nixon's ill-conceived Huston Plan recommending domestic burglaries, illegal electronic surveillances and mail openings of political radicals. President Bush has announced his intent to decline criminal contempt prosecutions of any... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870786/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:18:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860383/posts WASHINGTON - President Bush is giving an obscure White House office new powers this month over a wide range of regulations affecting health, worker safety and the environment. Calling it a power grab, Democrats running Congress are intent on stopping him. Bush's order would require regulators to show that private markets had failed to address a targeted problem before they went after it themselves. The House voted last week to prohibit the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from spending federal money on the order. Officially known as Executive Order 13422, Bush signed the directive in January and it is... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860383/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:47:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1839818/posts Below is an excerpt from Chuck Baldwin's latest about President Bush. See the source. ------------------------------- Then again, perhaps George Bush knows something we don't know. Writing for World Net Daily, Dr. Jerry Corsi reports that President Bush has just signed a Presidential Directive that would give the President dictatorial powers should he decide to declare a "national emergency." Corsi writes, "President Bush, without so much as issuing a press statement, on May 9 signed a directive that granted near dictatorial powers to the office of the president in the event of a national emergency declared by the president. "The 'National... chuckbaldwinlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1839818/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 18:59:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1838391/posts LAW OF THE LAND Order for emergencies apparently gives authority without congressional oversight President Bush has signed an executive order granting extraordinary powers to the office of the president in the event of a declared national emergency, apparently without congressional approval or oversight. The order was signed May 9 without any announcement, says Jerome R. Corsi in a WND column. Titled, "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive," it was issued with the dual designation of NSPD-51, as a National Security Presidential Directive, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential Directive. The order establishes under the office of the president... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1838391/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 14:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789641/posts The Ministry of Defence has defended decision to carry out tests to find out whether psychic powers could be used to detect hidden objects. The previously secret tests - conducted in 2002 - involved blind-folding volunteers and asking them about the contents of sealed brown envelopes. Most subjects consistently failed to establish what was in the envelopes. The MoD said the study was to assess claims made in academic circles and found the theories had "little value". Revelations about the hitherto secret research is contained in a previously classified report released under the Freedom of Information Act. During the tests,... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789641/posts#comment Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776497/posts CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress delayed by a day on Tuesday its vote to give President Hugo Chavez decree powers enabling him to nationalize oil and utility assets and press his drive to turn Venezuela into a socialist state. Congress, which has no opposition lawmakers due to a boycott of elections in 2005, had been set to approve the measure on Tuesday but postponed action until Wednesday to hold an unusual open-air voting session in Caracas's central square -- increasing public exposure. If passed as expected, the vote will empower Chavez for 18 months to issue decrees expected to overhaul... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776497/posts#comment Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723000/posts Mary Katherine Ham of Town Hall.com, Michelle Malkin, the "boss" of Hotair.com, Kirsten Powers of Fox News Channel fame, and La Shawn Barber, a black conservative who has her own blog discuss abortion, crisis pregnancy centers, and other related issues. Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723000/posts#comment Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:04:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718969/posts Mary Katherine Ham of Town Hall.com, Michelle Malkin, the "boss" of Hotair.com, Kirsten Powers of Fox News Channel fame, and La Shawn Barber, a black conservative who has her own blog discuss the never-ending Foley matter. HotAir http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718969/posts#comment Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605153/posts WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices appeared troubled Tuesday by President Bush's plans to hold war-crimes trials for foreigners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And several seemed outraged by the government's claim that a new law had stripped the high court of authority to hear a case brought by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who once worked as a driver for Osama bin Laden. Hamdan has spent nearly four years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, and the Supreme Court has been asked to decide if he can be put on trial with fewer legal protections before a type of military... ap on San Diego Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605153/posts#comment Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:56:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588068/posts WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday cleared the path for renewing the USA Patriot Act, swatting aside objections while adding new protections for people targeted by government investigations. The overwhelming votes virtually assured that Congress will renew President Bush's antiterror law before it expires March 10. The House was expected to pass the legislation and send the bill to the president next week. The law's opponents, who insisted the new protections were cosmetic, conceded defeat. "The die has now been cast," acknowledged the law's chief opponent, Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., after the Senate voted 84-15 to end his filibuster. "Obviously... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588068/posts#comment Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544340/posts WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called for "strong and robust" presidential powers, saying executive authority was eroded during the Watergate and Vietnam eras. Some lawmakers objected that President Bush's decision to spy on Americans to foil terrorists showed he was flexing more muscle than the Constitution allows. The revelations of Bush's four-year-old order approving domestic surveillance without court warrants has spurred a fiery debate over the balance of power between the White House, Congress and the judiciary. "I believe in a strong, robust executive authority and I think that the world we live in demands it," Cheney... ap on San Diego Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544340/posts#comment Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544086/posts ABOARD AIR FORCE II - Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday vigorously defended the Bush administration's use of secret domestic spying and efforts to expand presidential powers, saying "it's not an accident that we haven't been hit in four years." Talking to reporters aboard his government plane as he flew from Islamabad, Pakistan to Muscat, Oman on an overseas mission, Cheney said a contraction in the power of the presidency since the Vietnam and Watergate era must be reversed. "I believe in a strong, robust executive authority and I think that the world we live in demands it. And to... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544086/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539638/posts Sydney police 'to get new powers' Police have already made a number of arrests Police in Sydney will be given tough new powers to crack down on rioters, the New South Wales premier has said. The state parliament will meet on Thursday "to deal with criminals and thugs who are causing disturbances across our city", said Morris Iemma. He was speaking after a second night of race riots left seven people injured. Gangs of young men of Middle Eastern appearance rampaged through the suburb of Cronulla, in apparent revenge for attacks by white youths on Sunday. In the adjacent suburb... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539638/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:13:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471441/posts KAZAN, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the State Council Friday that he had asked the Cabinet to speed up work on the bill delegating some of the federal government's powers to regional authorities. Putin said that increasing the role and independence of the provinces was a long-term goal possible to achieve only if all the branches of the government worked toward it together. The list of powers vested in regional governments should be extended, he said, adding that a State Council ad hoc group had discussed the issue with Cabinet ministers earlier in the week.... (RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471441/posts#comment Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:45:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432425/posts "War of the Worlds" Spielberg-esque Message: Don't Fight Terror By Debbie Schlussel I'm violating Steven Spielberg's review policy for "War of the Worlds" and telling you what I think ahead of tomorrow's scheduled release date. I saw the movie at a press screening, last night, and was disturbed by the message: Don't fight terror, and everything will work out. (Security was literally tighter than that for going to the White House to meet the President. No purses allowed. Three wandings by security.) It's bad enough that Steven Spielberg is adding "balance" and factual inaccuracy to the story of the Israeli... DebbieSchlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432425/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:32:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414624/posts A well-known conservative and founder of the grassroots public policy organization Eagle Forum says it is not as important to get people of a particular political camp appointed to the federal bench as it is to limit what judges will have the jurisdiction to rule on once they get there. Political commentators agree that the long-threatened Senate filibuster showdown and the tentative compromise that was eventually reached were all about one thing -- the imminent battle over the likely appointments of judges to the U.S. Supreme Court in the next few years. Most pundits seem to feel everything depends on... AGAPE PRESS.ORG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414624/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385758/posts World Powers in 2030? a shift in the balance of power continues Those who grew up during the Cold War may have trouble keeping up with shifts among major world powers. Some still think that Russia will reemerge as a superpower, even though it is not even one the world's top 15 economic powers. One may dismiss Japan as a major military power, not realizing that it is the world's second largest economic power whose military spending exceeds that of China. The respected Economist magazine recently published: "World in Figures, 2004." Data has been extracted from this book to provide... g2mil.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385758/posts#comment Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384566/posts First, let us understand what the Terri Schiavo matter was not about: Despite ideological diatribes from David Corn at The Nation, this was not "an ugly big-government attempt to intervene in a family conflict" designed to appease "religious right crusaders." Despite ranting from Robert Scheer, also at The Nation, this was not "egregious political opportunism and shameless trafficking in human misery," and the citation of dubious polls won't validate Scheer's hope that the majority of Americans want to see a helpless woman starved to death by judicial order. And despite hysteria from the Los Angeles Times, this was not "a... ECO.FREEDOM.ORG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384566/posts#comment Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:19:16 GMT