Thursday, August 4, 2011

More Constitutional shredding...

a couple of constitutional lawyers explain it for us - and we thank them.

The Budget Control Act Of 2011 Violates Constitutional Order
In a Constitutional Republic of the sort that we thought we had, the process by which laws are made is at least as important as the laws that are enacted.  Our Constitution prescribes that law-making process in some detail, but those who voted for the "Budget Control Act of 2011" ("BCA 2011") were wholly unconcerned about trampling upon required constitutional processes on the way to the nirvana of "bi-partisan consensus "to avert a supposed crisis.  At least two titles of the bill now being rushed through Congress are unconstitutional.   read the rest

More:

Sentry Journal:   Debt Ceiling Deal: Is the “Super Congress” constitutional?

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