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Do We Want a Dictator or a Republic?
Do we want a republic or a dictator?
| A Republic is a government in which the supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officials and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law. We are a Republic. We elect our representatives who are to vote for the benefit of the constituents he/she represents. What happens when one of the three branches of government does not fulfill their role? The Judicial Branch is to interpret law according to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution are the rules by which we live. We can amend the Constitution according to Article 5 of the Constitution or Congress can propose amendments. Interpretation is supposed to be relative to the meaning and intent when the Constitution was constructed. The Constitution is not a living document. It is not to be interpreted according to whims of people, government, or changing definitions. If it were subject to arbitrary whims, the Constitution as written is nothing. The Legislative Branch of government shall propose laws that resolve issues as described in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. “All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” Bills proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives must be presented to the President and after signing by the President, the proposal becomes law. Amendments to the Constitution must be approved by three fourths of the states to become the law of the land. Congress has given up much of their law-making powers to the Executive Branch. That is why we see the environmental agency and other agencies making rules that are de facto law. Congress does not approve these rules after the fact, as they should, but has given authority to agencies to make such rules. Congress is not doing its job and has lost touch with its constituents and, therefore, makes proposed law according to what they think their constituents want. Congress shall “make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof” (Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution). When does an Environmental rule or any other agency rule become a law? Has Congress reviewed this rule and approved it after the fact? Where is the oversight? The Executive Branch of government shall carry out their duties according to Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. People elected to the Presidency have redefined their duties as of late. If the President is not happy, he writes an executive order to make something happen. Theoretically, Congress can negate the executive order, but has rarely chosen to do so. The result is to give the President pseudo-dictatorial powers. At one time it was rare for a President to exercise power in this fashion. Not so today. Latter day Presidents have exercised the power of the executive order frequently. As Congress has not seen its duty to review and agree to these executive orders, there is virtually a no check and balance system. It is possible to sue the government to rescind an executive order, but few suits have prevailed. Owing to the extreme cost of such suits, not many suits are filed. Again, Congress is not doing its job. Mark Levin has suggested a method by which a check and balance system be created by the Amendment process that would facilitate a review of executive orders. He has suggested that “all Executive Branch regulations exceeding an economic burden of $100 million, as determined by the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, shall be submitted to a permanent Joint Committee of Congress, hereafter the Congressional Delegation Oversight Committee, for review and approval prior to their implementation.” The duty of the Executive Branch is not to make rules and issue executive orders without approval of such rules, order, and proposed laws by Congress. Congress must step up and do the job of making laws that represent the will of the people of the United States. Congress, on the other hand, should not pre-approve rule-making by any agency of the Executive Branch without review of the proposed rule or executive order. As it stands today, the people (through their representatives) never have input to review an Executive Order. So, it remains to the American Public to make their wishes and opinions known to their representatives so that they make the proper decisions. If they do not fairly represent your views, vote the rascals out. The final arbiter is action through the people by the means of an Article V convention. # | PETITION_WIDGET{petition_tag:;coalition_id:;anedot_url:} | # |
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| Created: | 2023-08-21 18:52 GMT |
| Updated: | 2024-07-16 08:32 GMT |
| Published: | 2023-08-22 05:00 GMT |
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