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06-16-2015, 06:32 AM
Lee believes that the Supreme Court decision in the Heller gun case “restored the Second Amendment” when it didn’t invalidate a single federal gun law.
Lee supports the REINS Act, which would “treat all new ‘major rules’—that is, those federal regulations that would impose a ‘significant economic impact’ of $100 million or more—essentially as legislative proposals that could take effect only if enacted into law by Congress.” One hundred million or more? What a joke. This means that unconstitutional federal regulations decreed by unconstitutional agencies that have an economic impact of “only” $99 million would still have a green light.
Although Lee voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, he touts his support for and cosponsorship of the USA FREEDOM Act that in some ways is worse than section 215 of the PATRIOT Act it was designed to replace. Since Lee’s book was written, the USA FREEDOM Act was passed by the House and Senate—with the help of Senator Mike Lee—and signed into law by the president.
On page 204 of his book, Lee makes a great statement on federalism: “The importance of emphasizing federalism cannot be overstated. We must continually remind our government officials and our fellow Americans that federal power is limited and that power not identified as federal by the Constitution is reserved to the states.” Too bad he doesn’t believe it.
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In spite of the good things Lee says in the first part of his book, it is hard to take him seriously. He remarks in his book that “the Constitution has taken a beating over the years,” but then he supports actions that willfully subvert the very Constitution he claims to want to restore.
Along with Senator Rubio, Lee has put forth a tax reform plan that subsidizes the poor, soaks the rich, and funds federal government with trillions of dollars to continue its unconstitutional programs and spending. But the worst thing Lee has ever done is vote in favor of the unbalanced, gargantuan, debt-increasing, unconstitutional, welfare/warfare state-funding $3.871 trillion new Republican budget.
Americans are in big trouble when constitutionalists like Mike Lee don’t even follow the Constitution.
Continue reading:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/laurence-m-vance/a-constitutionalist-who-ignores-the-constitution/
Lee supports the REINS Act, which would “treat all new ‘major rules’—that is, those federal regulations that would impose a ‘significant economic impact’ of $100 million or more—essentially as legislative proposals that could take effect only if enacted into law by Congress.” One hundred million or more? What a joke. This means that unconstitutional federal regulations decreed by unconstitutional agencies that have an economic impact of “only” $99 million would still have a green light.
Although Lee voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, he touts his support for and cosponsorship of the USA FREEDOM Act that in some ways is worse than section 215 of the PATRIOT Act it was designed to replace. Since Lee’s book was written, the USA FREEDOM Act was passed by the House and Senate—with the help of Senator Mike Lee—and signed into law by the president.
On page 204 of his book, Lee makes a great statement on federalism: “The importance of emphasizing federalism cannot be overstated. We must continually remind our government officials and our fellow Americans that federal power is limited and that power not identified as federal by the Constitution is reserved to the states.” Too bad he doesn’t believe it.
.
.
In spite of the good things Lee says in the first part of his book, it is hard to take him seriously. He remarks in his book that “the Constitution has taken a beating over the years,” but then he supports actions that willfully subvert the very Constitution he claims to want to restore.
Along with Senator Rubio, Lee has put forth a tax reform plan that subsidizes the poor, soaks the rich, and funds federal government with trillions of dollars to continue its unconstitutional programs and spending. But the worst thing Lee has ever done is vote in favor of the unbalanced, gargantuan, debt-increasing, unconstitutional, welfare/warfare state-funding $3.871 trillion new Republican budget.
Americans are in big trouble when constitutionalists like Mike Lee don’t even follow the Constitution.
Continue reading:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/laurence-m-vance/a-constitutionalist-who-ignores-the-constitution/