Back to School

With the President preparing to address American school children today it is a good opportunity to suggest Congress itself and this Administration go back to school regarding adherence to our founding Constitutional documentation.

Of particular concern today is the Ba-czar implementation of President Obama’s personal “Czar” personnel. The constitutional subject at hand is being well chronicled by The Heritage Foundation the delineation of “Separation of Powers.”

“The proliferation of czars is a direct consequence of both the ever expanding power of the federal government and Congress’ willingness to cede ever more legislative and judicial functions to the Executive branch. Our Founding Fathers specifically created a Constitution dividing the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government into three branches so that the separation of these powers would limit the size and scope of the federal government.”

“Since the dawning of the Progressive Movement, the left has correctly identified the Constitution’s separation of powers framework as an obstacle to their remaking of American society. If our republic is to survive in the 21st century, our Congress must begin to reassert itself and rein in Obama’s czar state.”  (Conn Carroll)

Also referred to is the question of constitutional authority of the pending imposition on the citizenry in requiring every American to buy health insurance. This segment is pulled from a Washington Post op-ed as referenced:

Illegal Health Reform

By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey
Saturday, August 22, 2009

“President Obama has called for a serious and reasoned debate about his plans to overhaul the health-care system. Any such debate must include the question of whether it is constitutional for the federal government to adopt and implement the president’s proposals. Consider one element known as the “individual mandate,” which would require every American to have health insurance, if not through an employer then by individual purchase. This requirement would particularly affect young adults, who often choose to save the expense and go without coverage. Without the young to subsidize the old, a comprehensive national health system will not work. But can Congress require every American to buy health insurance?

In short, no. The Constitution assigns only limited, enumerated powers to Congress and none, including the power to regulate interstate commerce or to impose taxes, would support a federal mandate requiring anyone who is otherwise without health insurance to buy it.

…advocates of universal health coverage must accept that Congress’s power, like that of the other branches, has limits. These limits apply regardless of how important the issue may be, and neither Congress nor the president can take constitutional short cuts. The genius of our system is that, no matter how convinced our elected officials may be that certain measures are in the public interest, their goals can be accomplished only in accord with the powers and processes the Constitution mandates, processes that inevitably make them accountable to the American people.”

All of this is extremely important regarding the type of society we, the American People, want. If we are not paying attention, these people will ramrod their way right over us eliminating the very aspects of law which have made this country great.