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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh great god in a butter hat! ... "Committee hearing on Obama Administration's Abuse of Power".
Look what idiocy was spewed from the House Judiciary Committee today.
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Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith
Full Committee Hearing on
The Obama Administrations Abuse of Power
Chairman Smith: This Committee has held hearings on many of the ways in which the Obama Administration has abused its power, ignored its duties, evaded responsibility and overstepped the Constitutions limits on the President.
Today's hearing will look at the pattern of ignoring constitutional limits created by all of these abuses.
The Administration has repeatedly put its partisan agenda above the rule of law. In doing so, it has eroded the constitutional and legal foundations that have kept America prosperous and free for over 200 years.
etc. ... Yadda, yadda, yadda.
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/Statement%20Obama%20Abuse%20of%20Power.html
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Your taxes and mine go to pay these guys to do this stuff.
I want a refund!!
spanone
(135,873 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Those mofos are still here, doing untold damage.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)He's been on a witch hunt that would put the Salem folks to shame.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)How about flooding his email asking him why he was so silent when Bush was destroying the Constitution?
https://lamarsmith.house.gov/contactform/default.aspx
robinlynne
(15,481 posts)We could have.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Impeachment hearings? Go ahead and try like they did with Clinton and the republicans will see a hugh backlash. There is a sense of fair play in america.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)and shackles. Maybe it will come true.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)See Nancy you guys had your chance, just think all exposed and on the shelf with Kkkarl.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)bpositive
(423 posts)When the democrats held these types of hearings they were ignored and considered political - yet they were truly dealing with serious abuses of power . Now, the repubs hold these hearings based on made up shit and people are taking this seriously????
WTF
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)philly_bob
(2,419 posts)Conyers said the Republicans' title ("The Obama's Administration's Abuse of Power" was "provocative" and conclusory, and asked that the title be withdrawn. During the Bush Administration, Democrats held a hearing on Bush abuses titled "Executive Power and its Constitutional Limitations."
Anyway, Conyers pointed to some things the Judiciary Committee had NOT dealt with this term:
"We have not had a single hearing on the outrageous attempts to suppress the vote through new identification requirements and limits on registration and early voting. I was here for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and I consider these new state laws a direct threat to our democratic process and the very fabric of our nation.
"We have not yet had a single serious discussion about real, comprehensive immigration reformor what steps we can take to invest in young people, brought to the United States through no fault of their own, who want to pursue an education or serve in our military.
"We have done nothing to address the stunning rate of incarceration in the United Statesseven times that of the rest of the world, 40 times for our African American population. 2.3 million Americans behind bars is a sign of gross injustice, let alone misuse of funds, and surely worthy of discussion.
"We have had hearings, briefings, and a contempt citation on the floor targeted at Operation Fast and Furious. But we have not yet held a single hearing in this committee to address the flood of weapons trafficking across our borders and into Mexico. And we have not yet had a single discussion about gun violence in this country, the scourge of which claims 33,000 lives every yearone minor every hour."
Source: http://democrats.judiciary.house.gov/press-release/conyers-calls-committee-put-partisan-rhetoric-aside-return-people%E2%80%99s-business
EC
(12,287 posts)the House. So if President Obama still wins this is their set-up to impeach him.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Where those hearings that Conyers convened were placed.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)If enough people do it, maybe the Teabillies will stop this nonsense. I just hope they all get voted out of office. Of course watch the shenanigans between the election and January with the lame duck Congress especially if they lose control of the House and Senate.
jp11
(2,104 posts)shmoe wrote it not a lawyer.
Here I thought this was going to be about the patriot act or the NDAA and it is just republican whining.