Must Watch Video – U.S. Senator Issues Dire Warning on Unchecked Executive Power

The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”

With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

I actually can’t believe I’m writing this, but the following speech from freshman U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) is so thoughtful and inspiring, it should be required viewing for all American citizens.

To hear a U.S. Senator sound more like a statesman than a corrupt hack politician for sale to the highest bidder, is such a breath of fresh air I almost can’t believe it’s real. Rather than talking down to voters, he challenges them to become more enlightened, nonpartisan-thinkers with a sense of history. He challenges all of us to shake ourselves from an ignorant, fear-based stupor and reclaim the true genius and beauty at the heart of the American experiment.

Take the time to watch this. The entire thing, and then share it with everyone you know.

Thank you Ben Sasse, for proving that there remains a remnant of wise, honorable, decent people in U.S. government.

Finally, while we’re on the topic of executive overreach, here’s what Obama has planned for gun control in the new year…

From Roll Call:

Senior congressional aides and sources in the gun-control community expect the White House to use its executive powers to tighten federal gun laws shortly after President Barack Obama returns from a Hawaiian vacation in early January.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday he anticipates a legal review to continue through the holidays.

Since the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., White House officials have been, as Earnest has put it, “scrubbing through the law” to determine whether and how Obama can use his constitutional authorities to make it harder for terrorists and other potential mass shooters to legally obtain firearms.

On both sides of the Capitol, sources involved in the guns debate say, as one senior House GOP leadership aide put it, “something is brewing on guns.”

The hot-button issue returned to the front burner of American politics following the lethal Islamic State-inspired California shooting.

Since, however, Republican lawmakers have blocked Democratic measures on stiffening gun laws; and Democrats have kept a mental health bill the GOP has tied to mass shootings from passing, saying they would rather close loopholes in gun laws first.

A recent CNN/ORC poll suggests the American public is siding with GOP arguments. The survey found a majority (52 percent) of those polled oppose tighter gun laws. And a Washington Post/ABC News poll found 53 percent are against the assault weapons ban the White House has endorsed.

“So part of our solution is to consider the range of authorities that are vested in the executive branch to try to advance some of those common-sense policies,” Earnest said. “And we certainly do want to make sure that any sort of steps that the president would take have a strong legal basis in the law.”

So there you have it. A majority of Americans do not want tighter gun laws. Nevertheless, King Obama thinks he know best, and will simply do as he pleases.

This is not what freedom looks like. 

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In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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9 thoughts on “Must Watch Video – U.S. Senator Issues Dire Warning on Unchecked Executive Power”

  1. Excellent! I would not call this man a Republican or a Democrat; rather, he is a true conservative. But can he stand up against the powerful forces that would continue shredding the constitution?

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  2. I agree with him. How does the ordinary American fight back against wanna be dictators like Obama and his hundreds of thousands of idiotic lackey supporters though.

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  3. The GOP congress has refused to work with Obama for 6 years. His executive orders are a logical response to the nullification tactics (let me guess MK… you’re good with “that”)… many of this president’s nominees have sat for over a year waiting to be approved by congress (but in fairness they were pretty busy voting to repeal Obamacare… 50 times).

    Oh, and he is nowhere near the top of the list regarding executive orders, but for the record, facts rarely get in the way of Mr Krieger’s missives and there is no reason to believe they would get in the way of today’s fantasy.

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    • Here’s a fact for you SRV, from December’s post:

      United States of Newspeak – Obama Calls Executive Orders “Presidential Memoranda” to Avoid Scrutiny and Issues Most in History

      http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/12/17/united-states-of-newspeak-obama-calls-executive-orders-presidential-memoranda-to-avoid-scrutiny-and-issues-most-in-history/

      From USA Today:

      WASHINGTON — President Obama has issued a form of executive action known as the presidential memorandum more often than any other president in history — using it to take unilateral action even as he has signed fewer executive orders.

      Like executive orders, presidential memoranda don’t require action by Congress. They have the same force of law as executive orders and often have consequences just as far-reaching. And some of the most significant actions of the Obama presidency have come not by executive order but by presidential memoranda.

      The Office of Legal Counsel — which is responsible for advising the president on executive orders and memoranda — says there’s no difference between the two.

      He’s already signed 33% more presidential memoranda in less than six years than Bush did in eight. He’s also issued 45% more than the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, who assertively used memoranda to signal what kinds of regulations he wanted federal agencies to adopt.

      Obama is not the first president to use memoranda to accomplish policy aims. But at this point in his presidency, he’s the first to use them more often than executive orders.

      Indeed, many of Obama’s memoranda do the kinds of things previous presidents did by executive order.

      Thanks for playing.

    • The Republicans have turned rhino. Bending and swaying at every word Obama utters. Spineless. It’s all one party now.

  4. It is refreshing to hear a young ‘statesman’ make sense. He cites future talks after the New Year on various topics. These should be compiled and published as a series because they are interesting and educational. I hope Sen. Sasse doesn’t lose heart because of DC gridlock, and return to private life. America needs such a personality, “for such a time as this”.

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  5. 1. Executive powers have been increasing because Presidential powers have been decreasing, not increasing..The President is now a department head. This has been thoroughly documented and described by authors such as Carroll Quigley, Antony Sutton, John Coleman, Daniel Estulin, Jim Marrs, and many others.

    2. “What is needed is a conspiracy to make Americans think that Republicans and Democrats are different.” – Edward Mandell House, 1912, in his book Philip Dru – the Administrator. Wilson did not expand executive powers, he diminished them by following House. The same with Teddy Roosevelt.

    3. Dwight Eisenhauer warned of the increasing power of the military industrial complex. JFK called on the Press in April 1961 to help him in a domestic war against a “ruthless monolithic conspiracy” (Eisenhauer’s video and JFK’s audio still are available online).

    Senator Ben Sasse appears to not know, or at least not say, what is really going on in this continent and Western Europe, but he is nevertheless a breath of fresh air. I would refer you to the authors listed above and those in the bibliographies of their books.

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