Steven Jamar
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:38:26 -0800
Paul, I'm sure Cantor knows -- and that Darrell's point is correct -- Cantor is engaging in cynical campaigning (is there any other kind?) to undermine Obama. If Cantor were Majority Whip, I'm sure we'd find him complaining about Obama trying to usurp the proper constitutional function of the House by being too involved in the legislation process.
It is just substantively nonsense, cynically done for political gain. Of course the President has a huge role to play in legislation -- including directing it. And some Presidents (e.g., Bush II, Lyndon Johnson) play that role much more vigorously than others (Eisenhower, Carter, even Reagan). No. He understands what he is saying, why he is saying it, and is clearly doing what has become (and has been in the past) the norm for some politicians -- make points, not policy. Steve On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Paul Finkelman <paul.finkel...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Last time I knew the job of the House of Representatives WAS to write > legislation. I guess Cantor does not understand Article I of the US > Constitution. It is partisan, but sadly, it is also incredibly dumb > > ---- > Paul Finkelman > President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law > Albany Law School > 80 New Scotland Avenue > Albany, NY 12208 > > 518-445-3386 (p) > 518-445-3363 (f) > > > paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu > > > www.paulfinkelman.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Miller, Darrell (mille2di)" <mille...@ucmail.uc.edu> > *To:* "Conlawprof@lists.ucla.edu" <Conlawprof@lists.ucla.edu> > *Sent:* Fri, January 29, 2010 2:43:38 PM > *Subject:* Outsourcing Legislation from WH to the House of Representatives > > From Politico, full link here: > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32192_Page2.html > > > > *Cantor criticized Obama for last year’s “outsourcing of the legislative > activity from the White House to Nancy Pelosi here in this House,” which > he said has resulted in “a bill shift and an agenda shift way to the left > and outside the mainstream of this country.”* > > > > To me, this seems like a fairly gross exploitation of people’s ignorance of > our system of divided government, and an indictment of partisan > gerrymandering which makes this kind of statement politically resonant. > > > > Darrell A.H. Miller > > Assistant Professor of Law > > University of Cincinnati College of Law > > PO Box 210040 > > Clifton Avenue & Calhoun Street > > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040 > v: 513-556-0133 > f: 513-556-1236 > e: darrell.mil...@uc.edu > > > > faculty page: > > http://www.law.uc.edu/faculty/profiles/miller.php > > > > SSRN: > > http://ssrn.com/author=1107305 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Conlawprof@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conlawprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- Prof. Steven Jamar Howard University School of Law Associate Director, Institute of Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ) Inc.
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