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The Patrick
Henry Democratic Club
Vice-Chairman's Page |
Letter to the
Editor
(sent to AP, LA Times, NYT, Newsweek, OC Register and Weekly, Reuters,
SF Chronicle, Time, US News, USA Today and the Washington Post):
With
his latest "signing statement," president Bush has once again shown his
complete disdain for the rule of law, the Constitution and Congress. It
is a near certainty that Congress, overrun with Republican
party-devotee-fanatics who revere the party above all else, including
their own Constitution and oath to it, will let him get away with it. Again.
The President
of the
Article
II, section 3 of the Constitution, which decribes the office of the
Presidency, says, in part, "...he shall take Care that the Laws be
faithfully executed,..."
Please
notice that this does NOT say that the president may interpret the laws
passed by the Congress of the United States (which is in Article III,
describing the Supreme Court), nor does it say that he can bend, twist,
warp or otherwise manipulate the laws passed by Congress to suit his
own needs. King George III, among others,
did that, and that is why the presidency is limited by the Constitution.
Apparently,
King George W. Bush does not know how to read, nor does he care to
follow his own oath, taken twice, to assume the "office" of the
presidency.
If
he can't follow the Constitution he has sworn to preserve, protect and
defend by FAITHFULLY executing the Laws as passed by Congress, he
should resign. If he does not, then the
members
of Congress, both to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and
to preserve their own existence and need as the Congress of the
Mark
Vice-Chairman & Co-Founder, Patrick Henry Democratic Club
Vice-Chairman, 69th AD Committee
Member, Executive Board,
Etc.
[address and phone redacted]