One of my concerns regarding the state of the Republic is with what I see as a trend towards a government of men not laws, in a reversal of one of our most important principles. In this diary (a revised version of my Vox Libertas blog published on Vox, LiveJournal, BlogSpot and MySpace), I consider two examples seen in recent news videos, explore of the theories behind these statements, and the ways that these have been implemented as executive orders and legislation.
Leaping ahead to the conclusions for the purposes of being able to couch my poll question...
The final result of these theories and changes in the law is that we have a President who is the sole decision maker in a unified hierarchical executive branch with inherent unenumerated powers as Commander In Chief and Chief Executive upon which Congress may not intrude, who is responsible for interpreting the laws and Constitution and how they are carried out, who is authorized to take sole command of all federal and state military force and use it domestically in any circumstances where he believes that justice or the execution of his interpretation of the laws is impeded.
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