BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 5 months ago
Washington Post:
A senior administration official, agreeing to speak on the condition of anonymity to explain the timing of the congressional notification, acknowledged that the law was not followed. When he signed the law last year, Obama issued a signing statement contending that the notification requirement was an unconstitutional infringement on his powers as commander in chief and that he therefore could override it.
“Due to a near-term opportunity to save Sergeant Bergdahl’s life, we moved as quickly as possible,” the official said. “The administration determined that given these unique and exigent circumstances, such a transfer should go forward notwithstanding the notice requirement.”
Of course as you know, there is no such thing as a signing statement providing that some parts of the bill are unconstitutional and needn’t be followed. That is entirely extra-constitutional and unlawful.
But we all know that this president behaves in an unlawful manner. In this case he explicitly admitted that he did this, didn’t follow the law, and signed a bill that one can only assume could have passed even with a presidential veto. The only other thing a president can do in this case is become unlawful.
He did it, he admitted it, and he provided the evidence to the world. This is felonious behavior, and he ought to be impeached and imprisoned. Since we live in the “give me things” generation of high powered corporate executives on the take, labor unions paying back favors, and the entitled classes waiting with their hands out, nothing will be done.
Because both political parties are corrupt and the president is a criminal.
