DENVER - Maybe it’s his background teaching constitutional law.
If elected president, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said one of the first things he wants to do is ensure the constitutionality of all the laws and executive orders passed while Republican President George W. Bush has been in office.
Those that don’t pass muster will be overturned, he said.
During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama — a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School — was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office.
“I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution,” said Obama
Other goals for his first 100 days: work out a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq; make progress on alternative energy plans and launch legislation to reform the health care system.
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Sorry but I guess I’m just a bitter gun and bible person. Face it, Obama is a terrorist. He hates America and isn’t fit to lead his party off a cliff. Mccain is the only chance we have at remaining a free country. Obama only wants to take away our rights. Mccain has character and accomplishments. Obama has a speech. Just look at the people he associates with. Would you allow these people to be around your family and children? If Obama wins….I’m going to Canada or Mexico. If Mccain wins I’ll still be free!!!!!
- Posted by JaredMy God,……..i don’t think I’ve ever read more bitter comments from more bitter people in my life,…..
- Posted by MikeI think the American people need to get this jurk out of office NOW. He has don nothing but screw America and its people.I also think Obama and McCain are just not what we need they Talk the Talk but I don’t see them Walking the Walk T still think we are in for more of the Political Bull
- Posted by Tom[...] Bush’s laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Obama says [...]
- Posted by DOES BARACK OBAMA HAVE SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE FOR THE BUSH JUNTA? « deep green sources[...] stated that upon being elected he would immediately review all of the laws Bush has passed and ensure that they are constitutional, and has swore to overturn those that aren’t. However, at the same time he sits in the Senate [...]
- Posted by Is Obama Our “Happy Ending”? « Act Up Americaguns for home protection…
You must put a lot of work into blogging this much!…
- Posted by guns for home protectionAnd I submit to Mr. Obama the recommendation of current Asst. U. S. Attorney General, Patrick Fitzgerald, as his choice for Attorney General. That selection alone would send certain members of Congress and this current administration into seizures.
- Posted by John ParkerAfter the election the Democrats will do nothing about accountability for the Cheney/Bush WMD lies that got 4,082 US Soldier killed and over 30,000 maimed. To say nothing of the Iraqi dead.
The Democrats will investigate and possibly impeach Cheney and or Bush before the election or this opportunity for America to repudiate everything that this insane, evil pair stand for will be gone forever.
The time to find out if US House Democrats will honor their oath of office is now, before the election. Ask yourselves the question.
If they will not honor their oath to protect our Constitution, are they fit to be in office? Is lying about their oath to protect our Constitution something you as a voter approve of?
If they didn’t take their oath seriously, is there anything else they are fudging on? Like real single payer healthcare? If they don’t intend to honor their oath, are they actually in favor of subverting our Constitution?
This is the acid test all Democrats can use to evaluate whether the current House Democrats are fit to be in office.
We Democrats should be challenging all Democratic candidates for re-election to the US House of Representatives regarding holding impeachment hearings and do it every time they appear in public until the election, Unless you as a voter approve of Cheney and Bush getting 4,082 of our citizens killed for their WMD lies.
John H Kennedy, Denver CO, USA,
43 yr Democratic voter and Obama delegate
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- Posted by John H Kennedy Denver CO[...] Tales from the Trail » Blog Archive » Bush’s laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Oba… “I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution,” said Obama (tags: obama politics Bush law president constitution future awesome 2008 campaign civil civilliberties elections House laws news legal US usa white) [...]
- Posted by links for 2008-06-05 « Dark Corner of the Empty Head[...] Obama as President would represent and the shift in policies that would limit corporate control and restore the rule of law. They can feel the country slipping from their grasp like the snake oil they sold this country for [...]
- Posted by gedblog » Blog Archive » The GOP’s Nightmare Begins Now[...] Bush’s laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Obama says [...]
- Posted by Daily Politics » Wow, First the man campains like no one else, with class and style, not sinking to their level but forcing them to raise the discourse, and now this… we NEED this man and his fresh mind to help turn things around!We can overturn the unconstitutional laws, that would be great — and we’ll still need to put him on trial for war crimes. We were tired of waiting for reality, so we went ahead and prosecuted — you can watch at funwithwarcrimesDOTcom
- Posted by Tim Bartell[...] has pledged to immediately scrutinize all Bush’s laws and return them to constitutionality if he’s [...]
- Posted by Political Waves » Taking responsibility[...] Obama says he will overturn the unconstitutional ones (…all of them?): I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution,” [...]
- Posted by Messenger Puppet | Finally, somebody gets itSigning statements are just the president admitting in the public record that he intends to violate his oath of office, the Constitution, and the law just passed. If that’s not grounds for impeachment, I don’t know what is.
- Posted by Johnny EThis claim of Obama’s is pure rhetoric. It is non-specific like most of the things he ’stands’ for. It’s lack of specificity illustrates that he has either 1) not reviewed the orders (which are clearly visible to him should he make an effort to see them) many of which are clearly unconstitutional even to a layman; or 2) He has no intention of revealing anything about what his stance is on them.
Barack,
With all due respect, stop pussyfooting around and take a stance on something specific. The information is out there for you to see.
One thing I have to say is he’s a great politician. Do we want another great POLITICIAN or a STATESMAN which he clearly is NOT! A statesman would already know the contents of those orders and already have a stance on at least some of them they could talk intelligently about.
- Posted by Juan Fidalgo[...] Reuters: Bush’s laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Obama says [...]
- Posted by A B-Day Present from Obama? | Doubting to shuo: Chinese, Investing, EFL and Being a Geek in TaiwanWow… did it take me a long time to read through all of these posts… I have a few things that I would like to add.
First… for those of you who say that Obama has no record, I direct you to this site. This woman has done a marvelous job in researching the two democratic candidates work in the US Senate: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/ 201332/807
Executive orders and legislation have been fully explained as the terminology of being a professor or not. Though it is refreshing to find a candidate that so boldly states that we’ve been duped for the last 8 years and probably further back than that.
Second… Those of us that support Obama must do our best to ensure that the Swiftboating tactics don’t work this time.. and they will be out in force. He is a man of strong beliefs and ethics and, IMO.. to keep bringing up his church, which he has now left… (some will say for political expediency.. but I truly believe that it was a heart wrenching decision for him and his family. I still get people coming to me saying that he is muslim..that he sat in a Black Liberation Theology Christian Church for 20 years…. fear tactics) I believe that we have a more informed electorate this year… I believe that we are smarter than the Rovian tacticians take us for…
Regarding the voting for funding of the Iraq war… Obama put it pretty simply… once you have driven the bus over the cliff, you can’t do much less. To vote to stop funding the war would not have brought our troops home.. it would have just given them nothing to fight with but stone knives and bearskins.. and, unlike McCain.. he holds our military service men and women in the highest regard.
Education… Obama is the only candidate that I have heard who supports a broad education for our children and who recognizes the important role that teachers and parents play in our children’s future. He wants to level the playing field and put more emphasis on overall education rather than teaching to the tests… He states that we, as parents, are also responsible for the education of our children…. Unfortunately, we have a generation of Bush/Clinton years that are now raising our kids…. and the College/University kids now see that there was a lot wrong with that.. so, I guess we didn’t do too badly, but we let a lot of people down….
Foreign Policy… I find it absurd that Obama is chided by McCain about visiting Iraq.. and that he has not spoken to General P face to face… even though he is running for President, as a junior senator, it is not his place to jump the Chain of Command and go talk to the Commander in Iraq face to face… the military is not to be used as a political tool… the military serves and protects the constitution of the USA and they are under the POTUS…. for Obama to talk to General P directly would undermine good order and discipline. In regards to talking to our “enemies” without preconditions… I find it absurd that it has been spun into inviting someone to tea… Let me make it clear what I think preconditions means… A precondition is something that must be achieved before you even consider talking to somebody. I.E. My neighbor has a dog that howls all night.. and until he kills or gets rid of that dog, I am not gonna talk to him about his dog that howls all night… Precondition is different than condition…. I.E I have a problem with your dog because it howls all night.. can we talk about it? Does it need better dog food? More attention? Let’s see what we can do in order for me to sleep at night.
I digress, and I am sorry… I feel very strongly about Barack Obama..like many of you, this is the first time that I have been energized by a candidate since I was 18 years old and campaigning for George McGovern… I am a half Japanese/Caucasian and I am a 52 year old woman..Barack Obama has brought me back to that time I was 18…. He is a once in a lifetime candidate who deserves all of our support as he unites our fractured nation…. Thanks for listening to my rants.. I will step off my soapbox now…
- Posted by Show MeIt’s about time that anyone even recognizes the fact publicly that Bush did sign all those executive orders! I hope that this isn’t just campaign rhetoric. Someone needs to at least try to undo all the damage done by Bush. As far as the Bush administration is concerned, there is no constitution. Anyone that has the nerve to sign an order giving himself the right to take over all three branches of government has shown that he has no respect for the law of the land. The founding fathers were trying to prevent that exact thing from happening when they established a system of checks and balances. But that system has a weakness…unscrupulous politicians and dictators!!
- Posted by D. SullivanI don’t think anyone need worry about what Obama might or might not do if elected to be the President of this country. I do not think the majority of the population (White, working-class, non-college educated, family incomes under $100,000)are so obtuse that they, unlike the media and the so-called liberals will be conned into voting for a Black man with two years in the US Senate, no military service, and a strange assortment of America-haters like Ayers and Wright over John McCain. Time to stop pretending that race doesn’t matter. Poll after polls have shown that even Hillary Clinton is the more electable of the two Democrats, and that Obama will be easily defeated by McCain. With their selection of Obama as the Democratic nominee, they are most likely to snatch “defeat from the jaws of victory”. Will be interesting to see if the claim that whomever wins West Virgina wins the Presidency. OH NO!!! That was a Hillary Clinton win. Guess McCain will win WVA in the general election.
- Posted by barb