Another One
Saturday 24 December 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized
President Barack Obama warned Congress this afternoon that he considers numerous provisions of the megabus spending bill to be unconstitutional, including provisions relating to detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
“My Administration has repeatedly communicated my objections to these provisions, including my view that they could, under certain circumstances, violate constitutional separation of powers principles,” Obama wrote in a signing statement today as he departed for his family vacation in Hawaii. “In approving this bill, I reiterate the objections my Administration has raised regarding these provisions, my intent to interpret and apply them in a manner that avoids constitutional conflicts, and the promise that my Administration will continue to work towards their repeal.”
Uh. There is a mechanism designed specifically for you to show your distrust in a particular bill passed by Congress that doesn’t involve you foisting it on the American people with the hopes that future administrations won’t exercise blatantly unconstitutional provisions within it. It’s called a fucking veto, asshole. And since you didn’t veto the bill and send it back to Congress for appropriate changes, one can ONLY assume that you mean for those provisions to one day be used against us in direct violation of our constitutional principles. And for that, fuck you.
2011-12-24 » madlibertarianguy