johnwk
06-18-2015, 08:22 PM
CLICK HERE (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll374.xml) for the list of House Republicans who spatupon our Constitution today and ignored its expressed requirement for a twothirds approval vote for any deals cooked up by our president with foreignpowers. In effect, these Republicans have unconstitutionally lowered the twothirds requirement to a simple majority to approve deals consummated by ourpresident with foreign powers and engaged in the same despotic action thePresident has engaged in when signing Executive Orders that violate statutorylaw and/or our Constitution’s written provisions.
These Republican turncoat and lying scoundrels tell us that the Pacific Rimdeal is not a treaty and therefore they are not required to observe the twothirds approval required by our Constitution for a treaty. But their lie isexposed when recalling the words of our founders with regard to the meaning ofa treaty as they used and understood the word. So, what is meant by a “treaty”as expressed by our Founders?
In Federalist No.64 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed64.asp) Jay definesa treaty as a “bargain” . He writes:
”These gentlemen would do well to reflect that a treaty is only anothername for a bargain, and that it would be impossible to find a nation who wouldmake any bargain with us, which should be binding on them ABSOLUTELY, but on usonly so long and so far as we may think proper to be bound by it.”
And in Federalist No.75 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed75.asp) Hamiltontells us with reference to a treaty, Its objects are CONTRACTS withforeign nations, which have the force of law…”
Finally, In Federalist No.22 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed22.asp) Hamiltontalks about “a treaty of commerce” as follows:
”A nation, with which we might have a treaty of commerce, could with muchgreater facility prevent our forming a connection with her competitor in trade,though such a connection should be ever so beneficial to ourselves.”
The irrefutable fact is, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ih/9780415854573) (TPP) Free Trade Agreement falls withinthe meaning of a treaty as the word was used and understood by our foundingfathers, and as such, requires a two thirds vote to become an enforceablecontract, or bargain with the nations involved.
Our founding fathers, who lived under a despotic King, were fearful of creatingan omnipotent president when framing our Constitution, and they carefullylimited his powers significantly by a number of provisions in our Constitution,one being the two thirds vote requirement as mentioned above for treaties. Andto give an example of how much our founders feared an omnipotent president,they even refused giving the President Line-Item Veto Power! And with respectto the reasons for this denial of power to the president, Benjamin Franklin, onJune 4th of the Constitutional Convention reminds the delegates how theysuffered under that power. He says:
'”The negative of the governor was constantly made use of to extortmoney. No good law whatever could be passed without a private bargain with him.An increase of salary or some donation, was always made a condition; till atlast, it became the regular practice to have orders in his favor on thetreasury presented along with the bills to be signed, so that he might actuallyreceive the former before he should sign the latter. When the Indians werescalping the Western people, and notice of it arrived, the concurrence of thegovernor in the means of self-defense could not be got, until it was agreedthat the people were to fight for the security of his property, whilst he wasto have no share of the burdens of taxation.''
So, here we are today, and instead of our Republican members in the House beingloyal to their oath of office, they reject a constitutional provision designedto insure there is a substantial support for any deals made by our presidentwith foreign powers before they can become enforceable law. Not only have these190 Republicans violated their oath of office, but they have engaged in adespotic act of tyranny!
We have been amply warned in THE OLD GUARD, A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THEPRINCIPLES OF 1776 AND 1787, that:
"When a free people submit to oppressive acts, passed in violationof their constitution, for a single day, they have thrown down the palladium oftheir liberty. Submit to despotism for an hour and you concede the principle.John Adams said, in 1775, Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud. It isthe only thing a people determined to be free can do. Republics have oftenfailed, and have been succeeded by the most revolting despotisms; and always itwas the voice of timidity, cowardice, or false leaders counseling submission,that led to the final downfall of freedom. It was the cowardice and treacheryof the Senate of Rome that allowed the usurper to gain power, inch by inch, tooverthrow the Republic. The history of the downfall of Republics is the same inall ages. The first inch that is yielded to despotism __ the first blow, dealtat the Constitution, that is not resisted is the beginning of the end of thenation’s ruin."
BTW, here is the list of Senate Republicans who are acting in concert with theabove mentioned Republican House members who are working to circumvent ourwritten constitution and its documented legislative intent:
Alexander, Tenn.; Ayotte, N.H.; Barrasso, Wyo.; Blunt, Mo.; Boozman, Ark.;Burr, N.C.; Capito, W.V.; Cassidy, La.; Coats, Ind.; Cochran, Miss.; Corker,Tenn.; Cornyn, Texas; Cotton, Ark.; Crapo, Idaho; Cruz, Texas;Daines, Mont.; Ernst, Iowa; Fischer, Neb.; Flake, Ariz.; Gardner, Colo.;Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Heller, Nev.; Hoeven, N.D.; Inhofe,Okla.; Isakson, Ga.; Johnson, Wis.; Kirk, Ill.; Lankford, Okla.; McCain, Ariz.;McConnell, Ky.; Moran, Kan.; Murkowski, Alaska; Perdue, Ga.; Portman, Ohio;Risch, Idaho; Roberts, Kan.; Rounds, S.D.; Rubio, Fla.; Sasse, Neb.;Scott, S.C.; Sullivan, Alaska; Thune, S.D.; Tillis, N.C.; Toomey, Pa.; Vitter,La.; Wicker, Miss.
JWK
" I believe that there are more instances of the abridgement of thefreedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power thanby violent and sudden usurpations." ___ Madison Elliot`sDebates, vol. III, page 87 (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lled&fileName=003/lled003.db&recNum=98&itemLink)
These Republican turncoat and lying scoundrels tell us that the Pacific Rimdeal is not a treaty and therefore they are not required to observe the twothirds approval required by our Constitution for a treaty. But their lie isexposed when recalling the words of our founders with regard to the meaning ofa treaty as they used and understood the word. So, what is meant by a “treaty”as expressed by our Founders?
In Federalist No.64 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed64.asp) Jay definesa treaty as a “bargain” . He writes:
”These gentlemen would do well to reflect that a treaty is only anothername for a bargain, and that it would be impossible to find a nation who wouldmake any bargain with us, which should be binding on them ABSOLUTELY, but on usonly so long and so far as we may think proper to be bound by it.”
And in Federalist No.75 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed75.asp) Hamiltontells us with reference to a treaty, Its objects are CONTRACTS withforeign nations, which have the force of law…”
Finally, In Federalist No.22 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed22.asp) Hamiltontalks about “a treaty of commerce” as follows:
”A nation, with which we might have a treaty of commerce, could with muchgreater facility prevent our forming a connection with her competitor in trade,though such a connection should be ever so beneficial to ourselves.”
The irrefutable fact is, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ih/9780415854573) (TPP) Free Trade Agreement falls withinthe meaning of a treaty as the word was used and understood by our foundingfathers, and as such, requires a two thirds vote to become an enforceablecontract, or bargain with the nations involved.
Our founding fathers, who lived under a despotic King, were fearful of creatingan omnipotent president when framing our Constitution, and they carefullylimited his powers significantly by a number of provisions in our Constitution,one being the two thirds vote requirement as mentioned above for treaties. Andto give an example of how much our founders feared an omnipotent president,they even refused giving the President Line-Item Veto Power! And with respectto the reasons for this denial of power to the president, Benjamin Franklin, onJune 4th of the Constitutional Convention reminds the delegates how theysuffered under that power. He says:
'”The negative of the governor was constantly made use of to extortmoney. No good law whatever could be passed without a private bargain with him.An increase of salary or some donation, was always made a condition; till atlast, it became the regular practice to have orders in his favor on thetreasury presented along with the bills to be signed, so that he might actuallyreceive the former before he should sign the latter. When the Indians werescalping the Western people, and notice of it arrived, the concurrence of thegovernor in the means of self-defense could not be got, until it was agreedthat the people were to fight for the security of his property, whilst he wasto have no share of the burdens of taxation.''
So, here we are today, and instead of our Republican members in the House beingloyal to their oath of office, they reject a constitutional provision designedto insure there is a substantial support for any deals made by our presidentwith foreign powers before they can become enforceable law. Not only have these190 Republicans violated their oath of office, but they have engaged in adespotic act of tyranny!
We have been amply warned in THE OLD GUARD, A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THEPRINCIPLES OF 1776 AND 1787, that:
"When a free people submit to oppressive acts, passed in violationof their constitution, for a single day, they have thrown down the palladium oftheir liberty. Submit to despotism for an hour and you concede the principle.John Adams said, in 1775, Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud. It isthe only thing a people determined to be free can do. Republics have oftenfailed, and have been succeeded by the most revolting despotisms; and always itwas the voice of timidity, cowardice, or false leaders counseling submission,that led to the final downfall of freedom. It was the cowardice and treacheryof the Senate of Rome that allowed the usurper to gain power, inch by inch, tooverthrow the Republic. The history of the downfall of Republics is the same inall ages. The first inch that is yielded to despotism __ the first blow, dealtat the Constitution, that is not resisted is the beginning of the end of thenation’s ruin."
BTW, here is the list of Senate Republicans who are acting in concert with theabove mentioned Republican House members who are working to circumvent ourwritten constitution and its documented legislative intent:
Alexander, Tenn.; Ayotte, N.H.; Barrasso, Wyo.; Blunt, Mo.; Boozman, Ark.;Burr, N.C.; Capito, W.V.; Cassidy, La.; Coats, Ind.; Cochran, Miss.; Corker,Tenn.; Cornyn, Texas; Cotton, Ark.; Crapo, Idaho; Cruz, Texas;Daines, Mont.; Ernst, Iowa; Fischer, Neb.; Flake, Ariz.; Gardner, Colo.;Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Heller, Nev.; Hoeven, N.D.; Inhofe,Okla.; Isakson, Ga.; Johnson, Wis.; Kirk, Ill.; Lankford, Okla.; McCain, Ariz.;McConnell, Ky.; Moran, Kan.; Murkowski, Alaska; Perdue, Ga.; Portman, Ohio;Risch, Idaho; Roberts, Kan.; Rounds, S.D.; Rubio, Fla.; Sasse, Neb.;Scott, S.C.; Sullivan, Alaska; Thune, S.D.; Tillis, N.C.; Toomey, Pa.; Vitter,La.; Wicker, Miss.
JWK
" I believe that there are more instances of the abridgement of thefreedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power thanby violent and sudden usurpations." ___ Madison Elliot`sDebates, vol. III, page 87 (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lled&fileName=003/lled003.db&recNum=98&itemLink)