Posted on 05/19/2015 2:12:41 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Oddly, the press does not seem to be reporting who the eight legislative opponents are. One is Chairman Neil Abramson himself, who is a Democrat from New Orleans.
I frankly think the Constitution is already dead, courtesy of what has been already been allowed to happen under Obama and the feckless “opposition party.”
No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
I really do like Bobby Jindal, but religious freedom DOES NOT NEED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
EOs can be repealed, lifted, etc. Religious freedom cannot.
We are buying into the notion that Obama has tried to make commonplace: EOs are the normal course of business, and the occupant of the Oval Office can create binding law.
The very first SENTENCE of the body of the Constitution only permits the Congress to create law:
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress...”
All means ALL. Not some, not most, not a plurality. All.
Given that, AND given that the Constitution ALSO guarantees religious freedom—not just “freedom of worship”, then the EO Bobby speaks about would be, at best, superfluous.
Sorry for the extended rant.
Bobby is a great guy, I just think his thinking and/or approach is not right on this particular issue.
Oops. I spoke too soon. This is a Louisiana issue. I should’ve read further. My bad.
Since this is a state issue, Bobby ought to be able to be the governor of the state.
Inside Louisiana, that is for the people and state government to decide.
I apologize.
The Louisiana Constitution says that the legislative power is vested in the Louisiana House and Senate.
“LA is deeply in debt; has too much spending”
Who’s fault is it. Is it Bobby Jindhal’s fault or the state legislature? How did it happen, Dem’s?
Gov. Jindal scoffed at such threats in an April 23 op-ed published by The New York Times.
“I have a clear message for any corporation that contemplates bullying our state: save your breath,” he wrote."
If only Pence had ballz like this...
Who’s fault is it. Is it Bobby Jindhal’s fault or the state legislature? How did it happen, Dem’s?
In Louisiana, the GOP has a majority in both houses, and the governor wields tremendous power, far more so than in any other state.. What he wants, he nearly always gets. The budget problems are almost entirely his fault. He throws money at corporate welfare, particularly the ridiculously generous film subsidy. The outcome of this vote is nearly unprecedented for a bill a governor supports, and is indicative of his unpopularity, including among his own party.
In a recent poll, his “strongly support” number is around 5%, and the number for those who support him at all is below 30%. Many, including many Republicans, regard him as the worst governor in the state’s modern history.
His popularity on FR is a little mystifying. I put it down to people who haven’t researched what is actually going on in Louisiana.
The Jindal argument is that his executive order enforces the Constitution; Obama’s are unconstitutional or anti-constitutional.
Both are at fault; the legislature probably more so. Jindal put big spenders in key legislative posts. In LA, the governor appoints the legislative leaders.
The four Republicans who voted against the measure are Pete Huval of Breaux Bridge, Nancy Landry (a former Independent) of Lafayette, Clay Schnexnayder of Gonzales south of Baton Rouge, and Gregory A. Miller of Norco in suburban New Orleans. Only Ray Garofalo of Chalmette stood with the bill’s sponsor, Mike Johnson, and Jindal.
It is my contention that ANY Executive Orders are imperious by nature and while not expressed in my response, I believe Jindal is guilty of the same. The end does not justify the means. Nevertheless, 50 state governors can play Obama’s game just as thousands of faceless bureaucrats have been doing with their edicts for many many decades.
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