Ex parte Merryman and Abraham Lincoln’s Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Andrew Young

Taney also challenges Lincoln’s assertion that emergencies require the executive to usurp congressional and judicial authority. Near the end of the opinion, he says that, if the executive branch can, in any situation, overstep other branches, then “the people of the United States are no longer living under a government of laws.” In Taney’s view, the Constitution is not a mere suggestion of how government should operate under ideal circumstances. Instead, it is a concrete document to which the executive must adhere at all times, including times of emergency. If presidents can abandon the Constitution “upon any pretext or under any circumstances,” the Constitution means nothing. [vi]

Perhaps most importantly, Taney says the framers never intended for the executive to suspend habeas corpus. He offers mounds of evidence to support this contention. First, he cites a major crisis during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency. Aaron Burr, Jefferson’s vice president, led a conspiracy to seize territory around New Orleans to form a new country. During this time, Jefferson actually wanted to suspend the writ, but wrote that he lacked the authority. Instead, he suggested that Congress exercise its power to suspend habeas corpus. [vii]

Second, he writes that the framers, fearing a liberal interpretation of the “necessary and proper” clause, which gives Congress the right to pass any law deemed “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties, listed several fundamental rights that cannot be violated. It is not a coincidence, Taney says, that the first right listed is the writ of habeas corpus, which may only be suspended in times of invasion or rebellion. [viii]

Third, Taney argues that it defies common sense to believe the framers would have trusted the executive with the right to suspend habeas corpus. They had just broken away from a powerful, despotic English monarch. Therefore, they distrusted a powerful executive, especially one who could arrest citizens and hold them indefinitely without trial. As evidence, Taney cites the strict limits Article 2 places on the executive, such as the requirement for congressional approval of treaties with foreign nations and his short term of office. [ix]

Taney persuasively argues that the Constitution expressly denies the executive the right to suspend habeas corpus, even going so far as to say “I had supposed it to be one of those points of constitutional law upon which there was do difference of opinion, and that it was admitted on all hands, that the privilege of the writ could not be suspended, except by act of Congress.”

via Ex parte Merryman and Abraham Lincoln’s Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Andrew Young.

Happy 4th! – What Happened to E Pluribus Unum?| The Post & Email

UNIFYING FOR STRENGTH AND PURPOSE

by JB Williams, ©2011

“E Pluribus Unum” became a U.S. motto by an act of Congress in 1782 and appears on the Great Seal of the United States

(Jul. 1, 2011) — In my search to write something worthy of the 2011 Independence Day celebration, at a time in history when the communist left is totally unified against the remaining and totally divided so-called “independent thinkers” who refer to themselves as “patriots,” my love for the concept of E Pluribus Unum came to mind… a term few “patriots” seem to have ever heard before.

The term E Pluribus Unum dates back to the founding of our once great nation. It was a very simple concept, a Latin term chosen by our Founding Fathers as the official National Motto for the newly formed United States of America, which translates in English to – “Out of many, one.”

via Happy 4th! – What Happened to E Pluribus Unum?| The Post & Email.

Obama administration calls for halt to Texas execution

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took the unusual step Friday of asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl.

The administration said the court should delay the planned July 7 execution of Humberto Leal for up to six months to give Congress time to consider legislation that would directly affect Leal’s case.

The 38-year-old native of Monterrey wasn’t told he could contact the Mexican Consulate after his arrest in the murder of Adria Sauceda. His lawyers say police violated an international treaty by not telling Leal he could have consular assistance.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com …

via Obama administration calls for halt to Texas execution.

A Shocking and Sad Commentary…

As with Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt, today’s leaders will opt to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers and the liberties of our citizens before they would begin to question whether we actually did something to precipitate the attacks. At very least our policies created an environment which provided moldable masses eager to be led by a nut like Bin Laden. But there is no self-examination when you are infallible, the greatest, the best and above reproach.

I actually owe Dr. Winik a debt of gratitude. He has provided an accurate assessment of a few of America’s best-known leaders who were willing to put themselves and the government ahead of the people. Thank, indeed.

The naivete of Dr. Winik’s analysis amazes me. He has accepted the actions of each of these men on their face instead of reflecting on the myriad of issues involved in World War II or the War Between the States for example. The actions of these leaders cannot be analyzed in a historic vacuum. And this is what he has done. Bottom line: His commentary left me with a lingering chill. Perhaps, though, his thoughts will propel others as it did me to further speak, shout and thrash about as much as necessary to ensure the United States is still a country worthy of our citizenship.

via A Shocking and Sad Commentary.

Obama’s Goose is Simmering…

(Reader Response: Gunny G)

Click title link for article…

Uh-huh…

But…they “elected” the Klintons…twice…didn’t “they”…?????

(“A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…)

via Obama’s Goose is Simmering.

Enemies within the Patriot Movement

Like conservatives, libertarians claim to want smaller government, lower taxes and fiscal sanity. It sounds good on the surface. But, unlike conservatives, libertarians are happy to let social ills run wild, so long as nobody sends them the tab for the natural consequences of a society without moral limits.

True constitutional conservatives understand what John Adams meant when he said – “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Libertarians make no such connection…

The Unsavory Outcome

The net outcome of all of this can only be described as “a house divided.”

As Tea Party candidate in Ohio Coach Dave Daubenmire writes in his May 6, News with Views column…

via Enemies within the Patriot Movement.

HISTORICAL BREAKTHROUGH – PROOF: CHESTER ARTHUR CONCEALED HE WAS A BRITISH SUBJECT AT BIRTH (via ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL))

December 6, 2008  6:36 PM [I have collaborated on this with my sister and historian Greg Dehler, author of  "Chester Allan Arthur", Published by Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2006  ISBN 1600210791, 9781600210792  192 pages. ] I've been forwarded the actual naturalization record for William Arthur on microfiche, obtained from the Library of Congress.   He was naturalized in New York State and became a United States citizen in August 1843. … Read More

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Jefferson and Nullification by Clyde Wilson

Jefferson and Nullification by Clyde Wilson

Jefferson and Nullification by Clyde Wilson:

“In a later generation, another minority president seemingly destroyed forever the constitutional role of the States by declaring the open, democratic, deliberative acts of fourteen States to be only ‘combinations’ of criminals who refused to obey him.

Lincoln made that stick by a brutal war of conquest that did not ‘preserve the Union‘ but changed the Union into a central state with no limits to its power. Those who hope to revive a constitutional role for the States as counters to the present U.S. Empire, must hope to make the States once more into self-conscious, viable polities who have the political will to enact nullification and stand by it.”

Posted by Gunny G

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The REAL War – How To Be a Front Line Patriot and Make a REAL Difference

The REAL War – How To Be a Front Line Patriot and Make a REAL Difference

The REAL War – How To Be a Front Line Patriot and Make a REAL Difference:

(READER RESPONSE: Gunny G)

“Good Post; Glad you did this!

Yeah, I think your use of the term “Hunker Down” is about right!

Lately, I too, have noticed a backsliding in previous enthusiasm of Restore the Republic, Take Our Country Back, etc.

Dunno if it’s just the calm before the storm, or a general burnout…or something else…

In any case, I see it in the general writings online, both volume and tone, of the professional journalists (real journalists), bloggers, posters/responders on forums, etc.

It’s something few talk about, few, if any, respond to.

It may be a somewhat less than conscious response to propaganda put out by gubmint a few months ago requesting “cooperation” in slowing down the anti-gubmint stuff online.

Could “the folks be “running scared” on that bs?

Something to think about.

(‘A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…)”

Posted by Gunny G at Friday, July 01, 2011

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Question Is Often Asked, What Would I Do If I Were President?| The Post & Email

The Question Is Often Asked, What Would I Do If I Were President?| The Post & Email

The Question Is Often Asked, What Would I Do If I Were President?| The Post & Email:

“In contrast, however, it is my considered opinion that the current putative president does not have a clear vision of the true character of America and is totally devoid of honor. In fact, he represents a clear and present danger to this Republic and must be banned to the history books as a one-term putative president.”

Posted by Gunny G at Friday, July 01, 2011

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It’s Time To End Hamilton’s Curse by Thomas DiLorenzo (via ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL))

It's Time To End Hamilton's Curse by Thomas DiLorenzo It's Time To End Hamilton's Curse by Thomas DiLorenzo: "What most Americans probably know about Hamilton is that he was a founding father, one of the authors of The Federalist Papers, and that his picture is on the ten-dollar bill. But he was much more than that, as the above-mentioned writers surely know. As Jeff Taylor remarked in Where Did the Party Go? William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphr … Read More

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What a ‘Hate Group’ Hates: A Counterintelligence Report by Thomas DiLorenzo

When it comes to political parties the League of the South is a bipartisan “hate group” that hates the Democratic Party as much as the Republican Party. Its blog, “Living Well is the Best Revenge,” proclaims that the Republicans’ claim that they are “getting down to business” now that the 2010 election is over means “offering just enough opposition to leftism/socialism to fool the people into thinking that there is actually a dime’s worth of difference between the two Establishment parties.”

The League of the South announces on its Web site that it has no animosity toward any race, ethnicity, or religion and invites Southern blacks to join its ranks. It also echoes the views of Murray Rothbard when it calls the U.S. government “an organized criminal enterprise” for its “utter abandonment” of the Constitution. Its hate is directed primarily at an out-of-control federal government that is no longer constrained by anything, let alone the Constitution. (Not that we need further evidence that there are no limits to government in the minds of the ruling class, but Michelle Obama recently made the case that the “free” governmental distribution of breast pumps to new mothers was a constitutional function of government).

Reading most of the postings on the League of the South Web site has clarified in my mind what the real purpose of the Southern Poverty Law Center (which does not practice poverty law, by the way) is: to defame, libel, smear, and slander any and all Jeffersonian critics of the highly centralized, dictatorial, welfare/warfare state empire that so many Americans slave under today. They are self-appointed overseers of the D.C. tax-slave plantation and sworn enemies of free speech.

It would be politically risky for Congress to attempt to pass another Sedition Act to outlaw free speech, but congress critters like William Lacy Clay are more than happy to be assisted by the SPLC with its persistent attacks on speech that is critical of Big Government, all under the phony guise of “fighting hate.”

If Thomas Jefferson were alive today and repeating his speeches about how the tree of liberty must be drenched in the blood of patriots and tyrants; how a revolution every twenty years or so is a healthful medicine for a free society; or how secession should be welcomed and all secessionists treated as “our children,” Americans one and all, he would most certainly be on the top of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of haters and “hate group” instigators.

via What a ‘Hate Group’ Hates: A Counterintelligence Report by Thomas DiLorenzo.

California Gov. Brown Signs Job-Killing Internet Tax into Law

California Gov. Brown Signs Job-Killing Internet Tax into Law

Stop eTaxes ^ | 2011-07-01 | Kaitlyn Ewing

Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 2:34:59 PM by 92nina

…While written with the purpose of raising taxes, this legislation will prove to be extremely counterproductive for the state’s economy. Amazon.com, one of the online retailers which would be affected by the Internet tax, has already started to cut ties with its in-state advertising affiliates, which are small businesses dependent upon these contracts. More than 25,000 affiliates will be affected by the California law’s passage.

One such affiliate, Ken Rockwell from San Diego, has already stated his intentions to move his photography business out of the state as a result of the Internet tax. Of this, Rockwell stated “Will it be Las Vegas or Scottsdale or Ensenada? It’s a question of where, not if.” Thus, Governor Brown is driving much-needed jobs out of a state which is already suffering from an 11.7% unemployment rate.

This pattern has been witnessed in other states that have already implemented the Internet tax, such as Rhode Island and North Carolina. In these states, there has been no extra revenue generated. In fact, their respective economies have only worsened. Online retailers made the practical decision to move their business out of the state to avoid being subject to the tax, taking jobs and investment with them…

(Excerpt) Read more at stopetaxes.com …

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Admiral Fallon calls David Petraeus “an ass-kissing little chickenshit” « Pissed on Politics

 

Tips: Les Enrages.org, Think Progress

This article has widely circulated among the blogs but I figured I would post it up just on the off chance that some of you missed it…

U.S.-IRAQ: Fallon Derided Petraeus, Opposed the Surge

By Gareth Porter*

WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) – In sharp contrast to the lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus’s superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting.

Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be “an ass-kissing little chickenshit” and added, “I hate people like that”, the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.

More Here

The Righties are all over MoveOn for their General Petraeus or General Betray Us? ad. Many righties went so far as to suggest some sort of collusion between the New York Times and MoveOn, suggesting MoveOn got a special discount rate on the ad.

My question is, If this story gains traction about Admiral Fallon calling General Petraeus an ass kissing chicken shit, how long before the right swift boats Admiral Fallon?

Update thanks to Evil Poet by way of News Hounds

via Admiral Fallon calls David Petraeus “an ass-kissing little chickenshit” « Pissed on Politics.

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BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984(+): Is The Mainstream Media Covering Up the Truth at Los Alamos, Ft. Calhoun, and Fukushima?

Is The Mainstream Media Covering Up the Truth at Los Alamos, Ft. Calhoun, and Fukushima?

Is The Mainstream Media Covering Up the Truth at Los Alamos, Ft. Calhoun, and Fukushima?:

“What in the world is really going on at Los Alamos, Ft. Calhoun and Fukushima? There are millions of Americans that would like the truth about what is happening at these nuclear facilities, but the mainstream media has been strangely quiet. Instead, the mainstream media is running headlines such as ’10 Dirtiest U.S. Beaches Named’ and ‘Pole Dance Stops Times Square Cold’. Yes, those are actually headlines that appeared on the front pages of major mainstream news websites in the United States today.

Sadly, you really have to dig to find anything about the problems that are currently happening at nuclear facilities in the United States, and the mainstream media seems to have gotten really tired of talking about Fukushima.

It is almost as if the mainstream media actually prefers to talk about mindless things rather than focus on the truly important events that are happening all around us.”

Posted by Gunny G at Friday, July 01, 2011

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Who Obama really is By Judi McLeod (via ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL))

Who Obama really is By Judi McLeod Who Obama really is By Judi McLeod Full Story imageSelf-aggrandized-Powerhouse-behind-the-Oval-Office-Valerie Jarrett advises the world today that her boy Obama will not be releasing his college records anytime soon. Pardon the people, Ms. Jarrett but when were you elected? You unquestionably have the right to your opinion. But so do We the People. via BLOGGER: Gunny.G.1984.+: Who Obama really is By Judi McLeod. … Read More

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BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984(+): YouTube – ‪Anonymous to the Machine: You Will Rust and die from the blood of our hearts!‬‏

YouTube – ‪Anonymous to the Machine: You Will Rust and die from the blood of our hearts!‬‏

YouTube – ‪Anonymous to the Machine:

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Gross… FOX News to Replace Glenn Beck Show With a Bob Beckel & Juan Williams Panel

FOX News is replacing the Glenn Beck Show with a five person panel with noted libs Bob Beckel and Juan Williams. The New York Times reported:

The Fox News Channel’s temporary replacement for Glenn Beck will be a talk show featuring a rotating panel of opinionated people.

The channel announced the new show, called “The Five,” just two hours before Mr. Beck’s final broadcast. Since April, when Mr. Beck and Fox reached an agreement to end his 5 p.m. political talk show, there has been speculation that the channel would schedule an interim news or talk program in its place.

Fox News said “The Five” would feature a “roundtable ensemble of five rotating FOX personalities who will discuss, debate and at times debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.”

…Among the people involved in “The Five:” Greg Gutfeld, who is host of an overnight talk show for Fox; Juan Williams, who is a regular on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor;” Dana Perino, a former spokeswoman for the Bush White House; and Andrew Napolitano, the host of a libertarian talk show on the Fox Business Network.

The others named by Fox in a news release were Geraldo Rivera, Andrea Tantaros, Eric Bolling, Monica Crowley, Bob Beckel and Kimberly Guilfoyle.

I’ll give it a chance but it does not sound promising.

via Gross… FOX News to Replace Glenn Beck Show With a Bob Beckel & Juan Williams Panel.

EX-CIA AGENT Obama Worked for the CIA in Pakistan and Afghanistan…

Obama Worked for the CIA in Pakistan and Afghanistan. His Dozens of Social Security Numbers were used for Money-Laundering during a Time He Claimed to be at Columbia University (but wasn’t). See the Proof. More.

http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/

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Free RepublicBrowse · Search Pings · Mail News/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments.U.S. Army prepares to invade U.S.youtube.com ^ | October 8, 2008 | corbettreportPosted on Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:41:19 AM by DWar   During debates on the Banker Bailout Bill on the floor of Congress in 2008, Congressman Brad Sherman made a startling revelation "Many of us were told in private conversations that if we voted against this bill on M … Read More

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Optimistic Obama: “I Got Five-And-A-Half Years More To Go”

A confident President Obama said he understood that people are frustrated and he has yet to get “everything done,” however he said this was only the beginning. “It’s only been two and a half years. I got five and a half years more to go,” Obama said at a fundraiser in Philadelphia on Thursday night.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com …

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BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984(+): Man gets 6 days in jail for giving lawyer ‘the finger’ in court [@ Casey Anthony Trial]

Man gets 6 days in jail for giving lawyer ‘the finger’ in court [@ Casey Anthony Trial]

Man gets 6 days in jail for giving lawyer ‘the finger’ in court [@ Casey Anthony Trial]:

(READER RESPONSE: Gunny G)

“Judge?????

More like the collector from the Popeye comics who shows up every few minutes to tax the little people on something else…it never ends…and the sheeple cheer…and the rest of the sheeple are proud of paying their “fair share”

(‘A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…)”

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Cops Just Love Those Tasers : Information Clearing House: ICH

Dayton police “mistook” a mentally handicapped teenager’s speech impediment for “disrespect,” so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from “upward of 20 police officers” after the boy rode his bicycle home to ask his mother for help, the boy’s mom says.

Pamela Ford says her “mentally challenged/handicapped” son Jesse Kersey, 17, was riding his bike near his Dayton home when Officer Willie Hooper stopped him and tried to talk to him.

The mom says that “Prior to the incident described below, defendant Hooper knew Jesse and was aware that Jesse was mentally challenged/handicapped and a minor child.”

via  Cops Just Love Those Tasers     :      Information Clearing House: ICH.

New government warning labels

After requiring new warning labels on cigarette packaging, the federal government is expanding the idea to other items, as follows:

- Ballots will come with a warning that the two main political parties use voting as a distraction so that the hoodlums can steal the chrome wheels from your car while you’re in the polling place.

- The U.S. dollar will come with a warning that it was created out of thin air in violation of the Constitution, that such fiat money is anything but a storehouse of value, and that only fools would keep their lifetime savings in such Monopoly money.

- Welfare payments will come with a warning that the payments create dependency, obesity, out-of-wedlock births, and children who are considerably more likely to commit crimes, have poor grades, drop out of school, and grow up to vote Democratic.

- Public school report cards will come with a warning that the grades are inflated, that unionized teachers are required to know progressive pedagogical nonsense but not anything about subject-matter, and that high school graduates will have to go to college for remedial education.

- Property tax bills will come with a warning that most of the money will go to public schools, where most of it will be wasted on greedy apparatchiks and unions.

- Bank deposit slips will come with a warning that the bank shouldn’t be trusted with your Monopoly money because it is part of an unconstitutional and corrupt banking cartel controlled by the Federal Reserve.

- Pay stubs will come with a warning that deductions for FICA taxes go to the Ponzi schemes of Social Security and Medicare.

- Paperwork from health insurance companies and medical providers will come with a warning that high prices and Byzantine rules are due to the government destroying a consumer market in medical care and insurance in 1942.

- Census forms will come with a warning that the racial classifications are complete nonsense and the result of certain racial and ethnic groups engaging in race mongering and the seeking of racial preferences.

- Equal Employment Opportunity posters in the employee break room will come with the same warning as above.

- College applications will come with a warning that 90% of professors are leftists who vote Democratic and love to turn the kids of the bourgeoisie into neo-Marxists who loathe capitalism, the traditional family and the nation’s founding principles.

- Speeches by members of Congress will come with a warning to hide your silverware and children while Congress is in session.

Unfortunately, because of the proliferation of warning labels over the decades, no one will read the new warnings and the nation will continue its rapid descent into insolvency and social upheaval.

___________________

“Mencken’s Ghost” is the nom de plume of an Arizona writer who can be reached at ghost@menckensghost.com.

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