There is some disagreement as o what powers he has, that could be clarified as part of a constitutional amendment.
Personally I would say that those powers reside in the judiciary. But WTF do I know? -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Seems the administration lied about the trailers too OK, but the President does seem to have the power to order wiretaps and searches. Sure he doesn't legislate but that actually points back to Electoral College and being elected by the states as opposed to the people. > -----Original Message----- > From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Seems the administration lied about the trailers too > > Wait a second. The federal method of voting, through the electoral > college, (article 2 section 1 and the 12th amendment) is already a > simple majority > vote. > > It was already found to be flawed and that's why it was amended. I think > we > need another constitutional amendment. We have hundreds of years of > history to show that the electoral college isn't working. I mean > hell, the members of the electoral college don't even have to vote > they way their state does, and that has already happened in the past. > There have also been flip flop > incidents where an elector has voted one way, and then changed their vote. > > The set up of the legislature should be such that it prohibits the kinds > of > population based strong arm bullshit you are talking about. Remember the > president doesn't draft legislation, he only either signs it into law or > vetoes it. That's all. This debate is only about the executive branch. > > If you want to talk about the legislative branch, I think we aught to have > the governor appoint members of congress. It would give us a level of > control over the legislature we don't currently have. They should also be > able to remove them from office and change their reps at will. > > -- > Timothy Heald > Analyst, Architect, Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: 202-228-8372 > C: 703-300-3911 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204016 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
