Is American Democracy Only an Illusion?

[tizreporter]

www.theinfozone.net/#democracyillusion

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than
750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.

"Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush's assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to expand his power at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government. The Constitution is clear in assigning to Congress the power to write the laws and to the president a duty ''to take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Bush, however, has repeatedly declared that he does not need to ''execute" a law he believes is unconstitutional."
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Read this article, what it suggests is that President Bush, who has never vetoed a bill, thereby giving Congress the ability to over-ride his veto simply then takes his own view on how the law will be enforced.

Democrat or Republican to me it doesn't matter, if that is what the President is doing, then he is acting not like an elected official in a democracy, but rather as a king in an ancient court.


TIZ

[apeman]

I hope so, if this is how it is supposed to work, a very bad president is the least of our worries.

Edit: I think I need to clarify: This is a response to the title, in reference to a "conservative" in office, who has made the government more bloated than ever and spent vast sums that the next generation, and maybe the one after will still be paying. He has led the US into two wars, which, while maybe well meaning (I stress maybe. If a government can lie, it lies.), were carried out horribly. (Afghanistan worked out OK, but the US has too small an army for two "police actions" at a time.) More than half of our budget is spent on social programs (which are not, in any form, an acceptable use of taxes), and we raise the debt ceiling every time we approach it (9 trillion usd at current). What we have is single party rule, both major parties socialist. Neither care about freedom, in fact, both have made it their business to eradicate all traces of liberty and individualism. It is just a matter of which freedoms they want to crush first.
The worst part is, the United States are one of the most free first world nations in the world, despite our trek toward totalitarianism.

Cheers,
Scott

[nramember]

humm. and you believe everything you read? i notice they didnt give a list ,not one of the laws, that bush has decided to disobey. could it be liberal media propaganda? here if the media [believes] something is true, then it is fact until proven otherwise. don't be so easy to believe everything you read. inform yourself, and then make your own decisions. the "750 laws [enacted] since he took office" should be a clue.