"We Are Now At A Constitutional Tipping Point In Our System"

tomdavis · Feb 28, 2014

Excellent article by Turley:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/25/nixon-has-won-watergate/2019443/

Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley: "Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon's impeachment, but he has made many love him for it. More than any figure in history, Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement. By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality."

JamesL said:
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

"I testified at the earlier hearing about the separation of powers, its history and its function and also my view that the president has in fact exceeded his authority in a way that is creating a destabilizing influence in a tripartite or three-branch system. Now, I want to emphasize, of course, that this problem didnât begin with President Obama. I was critical of his predecessor, President Bush, as well, but the rate at which executive power is being concentrated in our system is accelerating. And, frankly, I am very alarmed by the implications of that aggregation of power. What also alarms me, however, is that the two other branches appear not just simply passive, but inert in the face of this concentration of authority. The fact that I happen to think the president is right on many of these policies does not alter the fact that I believe the means he is doing is wrong, and that this can be a dangerous change in our system. And our system is changing in a very fundamental way. And itâs changing without a whimper of regret or opposition."

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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...nstitutional_tipping_point_in_our_system.html

wjk · Feb 28, 2014

tomdavis said:
Excellent article by Turley:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/25/nixon-has-won-watergate/2019443/

Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley: "... it is a cult of personality."

Turley just now gets it? Levin called it that before O was elected the first time.

BSAM · Feb 28, 2014

Actually, we're way past a tipping point, IMO.

bigarrow · Feb 28, 2014

Ricter said:
If the situation is that of a three-legged stool, then we would have tipped over after Lincoln.

Too funny Ricter but you confused the mathematically challenged, like lucrum

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LEAPup · Feb 28, 2014

BSAM said:
Actually, we're way past a tipping point, IMO.

I think so too. I'd call it a boiling point as well.

Lucrum · Feb 28, 2014

bigarrow said:
Too funny Ricter

Only to simpletons, like you.

but you confused the mathematically challenged, like lucrum .

Ricter said:
If the situation is that of a three-legged stool, then we would have tipped over after Lincoln.

Lucrum said:
THIS is your retort to a metaphor?

Tsing Tao said:
Go easy on him. He comes here to work out.

Do try to keep up won't you, big<s>arrow</s>zero.

Tsing Tao · Mar 1, 2014

Ricter said:
And you come here to follow me around.

Sorry, you're not that important. You're more like the armadillo around here that get in the road when I'm driving. Sometimes I see them and let them pass, other times I just run them down.

Tsing Tao · Mar 1, 2014

Lucrum said:
I never understood that comment from rectum. I mean...how mentally stimulating can trolling be anyway?

Obviously he gets a kick out of it.

LEAPup · Mar 1, 2014

Tsing Tao said:
Sorry, you're not that important. You're more like the armadillo around here that get in the road when I'm driving. Sometimes I see them and let them pass, other times I just run them down.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Made my morning!!!!!

LEAPup · Mar 1, 2014

Lucrum said:
I never understood that comment from rectum. I mean...how mentally stimulating can trolling be anyway?

Ok, take a look at just what udder insanity, and outrageous lies rectum posts. I'm not a big fan of Psychologist types, but many have come forward equating trolls with the mentally ill. Rectum should be in a rubber room for OUR personal safety, as well as his.

http://kotaku.com/5938996/the-worst-internet-trolls-might-be-mentally-ill