Recently, obama threatened to invoke the 14th amendment. My firt thought was what the hell!? In my mind, the amendment was already law, because it was a part of the Constitution. He did not have to "invoke" anything. All he had to do was follow the law. Oh, my mistake, most of them do not, unless they are pushed into a corner for some reason.
Anyway, there are several sections to the 14th amendment He is hoping to use the one concerning the debt crisis. He wants to use that to bypass congress to get a new debt ceiling. That is where he is going with this. I am not going to discuss the whole thing, just the ones that are curious to me at the moment. I am no Constitutional scholar, but I can read.
The 14th amendment is an interesting one. Approved on July9, 1868, it has five sections, all covering completely different subjects. The one that obama is interested in is the fourth.
What I find really interesting is the 3rd and the 4th sections. In the 4th section, it states basically, that the debt of the United States cannot be questioned, EXCEPT, any state or the country cannot incure or pay for a debt in support of an insurrection or rebelliion against the United States. Immediately I think of all the aid and money that our government gives to organizations like la raza and cair. It would seem that this is illegal.
Section three is really interesting. That ones states, and I simplify, that any official that takes an oath of office, MUST comply with that oath or be removed from office. It appears to me that most of our congressional leaders and the president are completely guilty here.
So if obama is going to invoke the 14th amendment, does that mean it does not count unless the president wants it to? Nope, an amendment is law, he has to conform to the whole thing. Not just pick and choose.
To me, this is authorization to take away ANY support monies to organizations that are against the United States and our way of life.
Also, obama and his cronies and most of congress can be fired.
Below, are the different sections to this amendment. Read them yourself and think about them for a moment.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Anyway, there are several sections to the 14th amendment He is hoping to use the one concerning the debt crisis. He wants to use that to bypass congress to get a new debt ceiling. That is where he is going with this. I am not going to discuss the whole thing, just the ones that are curious to me at the moment. I am no Constitutional scholar, but I can read.
The 14th amendment is an interesting one. Approved on July9, 1868, it has five sections, all covering completely different subjects. The one that obama is interested in is the fourth.
What I find really interesting is the 3rd and the 4th sections. In the 4th section, it states basically, that the debt of the United States cannot be questioned, EXCEPT, any state or the country cannot incure or pay for a debt in support of an insurrection or rebelliion against the United States. Immediately I think of all the aid and money that our government gives to organizations like la raza and cair. It would seem that this is illegal.
Section three is really interesting. That ones states, and I simplify, that any official that takes an oath of office, MUST comply with that oath or be removed from office. It appears to me that most of our congressional leaders and the president are completely guilty here.
So if obama is going to invoke the 14th amendment, does that mean it does not count unless the president wants it to? Nope, an amendment is law, he has to conform to the whole thing. Not just pick and choose.
To me, this is authorization to take away ANY support monies to organizations that are against the United States and our way of life.
Also, obama and his cronies and most of congress can be fired.
Below, are the different sections to this amendment. Read them yourself and think about them for a moment.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
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