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Imagine My Surprise! (Freeper Editorial)
Original content | 8/4/2018 | By Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 08/04/2018 5:57:28 PM PDT by Lazamataz

It’s been a fascinating ten years.

From 2009 to 2017, I was instructed that a President is unrestrained by the Constitution, and that they are all-powerful and can enact laws unilaterally, via Executive Order, and that they can ignore the Constitution as they see fit.

But NOW we learn that Presidents are completely powerless and cannot rescind any Executive Order, set any Administration Policy, or hew to the written law, about any topic, for any reason. That is because to do so would violate unwritten parts of the Constitution.

Let us review the actions that the News Misleadia and the Obama Administration championed, in their quest to inform us that a President is omnipotent:

There are dozens, more, of examples of how a President is the ultimate lawgiver -- the pinnacle-politician, the final arbitrator of absolute law -- unshackled by any other power, person, or institution. Yet suddenly (and I admit complete surprise) we are instructed that Presidents have no powers whatsoever, and may not even invoke privileges detailed in the Constitution and in Legislation. Coincidentally, this new era of enlightenment occurred within seven days of President Trump ascending to this (unexpectedly diluted) position. To wit:

So, we learn first that a President is all-powerful and unrestrained. Then, we learn that a President is utterly powerless and cannot exercise clearly legal and lawfully-delineated actions.

Imagine my surprise. I suppose it all depends on who the President is.


TOPICS: FReeper Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: contempt; daca; eo; fraud; immigration; memo; obama
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1 posted on 08/04/2018 5:57:28 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: TheOldLady; Cyber Liberty; CatherineofAragon; melissa_in_ga; Slings and Arrows; ...
I imagine you are all surprised, too.

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2 posted on 08/04/2018 6:00:07 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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bttt!


3 posted on 08/04/2018 6:02:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Lazamataz

Nice read Laz. It all seems 100% accurate to me. It can be resolved in one Act. Trump can have one major player from the DS Cabal arrested. That would shut them all down. Not sure what he is waiting for. Start with Meuller or HRC.


4 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:04 PM PDT by DrDude (Waiting for the Game to start. Gotta move the Goal Posts again!)
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To: Lazamataz

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Not your peepee!

Well, at least you’ll be able to get cheaper car insurance and beat that female wrestling team.


5 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:09 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: Lazamataz

Racist!


6 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:09 PM PDT by 50mm (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. . /)
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To: Lazamataz

The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution. As Strelnikoff put it, nothing is more important than the revolution.


7 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:11 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Lazamataz
Well DUH! All you had to do was ask us. We could have saved you some effort. 🍿🍻💸😹🇺🇸
8 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:31 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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9 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:43 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: Lazamataz

Excellent points, well argued Laz.

Obama went well beyond his legal powers. I hope Trump doesn’t.


10 posted on 08/04/2018 6:05:06 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Lazamataz

Obama should never have been President or a Senator. Exactly how it was made to happen is what I’d like to know. I don’t think I need to be told why but once we know how...


11 posted on 08/04/2018 6:05:10 PM PDT by equaviator (`)
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To: Lazamataz

Bttt.

5.56mm


12 posted on 08/04/2018 6:05:23 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: DrDude
Nice read Laz. It all seems 100% accurate to me.

Thanks for noticing.... I take the time and put in some research to try to make sure I am accurate.

The main point of this post is to point out the sheer, galling hypocrisy that both the News Misleadia and Democrats (but I repeat myself) display, constantly.

13 posted on 08/04/2018 6:05:50 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: Lazamataz

I hear Hillary was planning on canceling out the Bill of Rights and the Constitution through Executive Orders.


14 posted on 08/04/2018 6:06:50 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Lazamataz

A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So
Bye, bye Miss American Pie


15 posted on 08/04/2018 6:07:10 PM PDT by Zeneta
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Well DUH! All you had to do was ask us. We could have saved you some effort.

Well, shoot, why didn't you call before I started writing this???!?

16 posted on 08/04/2018 6:07:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’m missing Judge Janine.


17 posted on 08/04/2018 6:07:34 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: MV=PY
Obama went well beyond his legal powers. I hope Trump doesn’t.

The Left keeps expressing fears that Trump is or will become a dictator. They're blind to the fact that this is what BO actually WAS (and not a peep out of them).

18 posted on 08/04/2018 6:07:40 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: MV=PY
Excellent points, well argued Laz.

Thank you, kind sir.

Obama went well beyond his legal powers. I hope Trump doesn’t.

Part of me almost wishes Trump does, but, as the famous quote by Nietzsche says, "If you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you."

19 posted on 08/04/2018 6:09:34 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The New York Times is so openly dishonest, even their crossword puzzles lie.)
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To: Lazamataz
I wanted to see just how much faux ink you would commit to it. 😹👍🏼
20 posted on 08/04/2018 6:10:00 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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