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End presidential tyranny.
Halt congressional dereliction.
Stop judicial passiveness.
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Legislation in the U.S. Senate - Now with 6 Cosponsors
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On October 26, 1999, Senator Mike Crapo (Idaho) introduced S.
1795 - The Executive Orders Limitation Act to preserve the
constitutional separation of powers by safeguarding Congress'
legislative power and to provide for more open and public
knowledge about executive orders.
S. 1795 - The Executive Orders Limitation Act will:
Prohibit all executive orders not expressly authorized by statute
or the U.S. Constitution.
Require the president to cite the exact constitutional or
statutory authority when issuing an executive order. Require a
cost-benefit analysis and a public comment period before an
executive order can take effect. Provide for expedited judicial
review of questionable executive orders. Senator Crapo's Press
Release
Senator Crapo's Floor Statement
Text of S. 1795 - The Executive Orders Limitation Act
Write Your U.S. Senators Urging Them to Co-sponsor S. 1795
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Legislation in the U.S. House - Now with 40 Cosponsors
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Legislation to restore the separation of powers of our national
government, thereby helping to restore our liberty, was
introduced on July 30, 1999 by Representative Ron Paul (Texas)
and Representative Jack Metcalf (Washington).
H.R. 2655 - The Separation of Powers Restoration Act will:
Prohibit a presidential executive order from having the effect of
law. Suspend all states of national emergencies declared since
1976 (the last time Congress canceled such declarations).
Grant legal standing to individual members of the United States
Congress, state officials and private citizens who believe a
presidential executive order is unconstitutional.
Repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution. On October 28, 1999, the
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial
and Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 2655 - The
Separation of Powers Restoration Act. Representative Ron Paul and
Representative Jack Metcalf testified before the committee. To
read Representative Paul's statement, please click here. To read
Representative Metcalf's statement, please click here.
Is your U.S. representative a co-sponsor of H.R. 2655?
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Background Information
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During the recent presidential scandals, concluding with the
impeachment of President Clinton, many people were heard to say
that the investigations should end so that the president could
get back to "the business of running the country." Under a
constitution dedicated to individual liberty and limited
government - which divides, separates, and limits power - how did
we get to a point where so many Americans think of government as
embodied in the president and then liken him to a man running a
business?
The answer rests in part with the growth of presidential rule
through executive orders and national emergencies. Unfortunately,
the Constitution defines presidential powers very generally; and
nowhere does it define, much less limit, the power of a president
to rule by executive order - except by reference to that general
language and the larger structure and function of the
Constitution. The issue is especially acute when presidents use
executive orders to legislate, for then they usurp the powers of
Congress or the states, raising fundamental concerns about the
separation and division of powers.
The problem of presidential usurpation of legislative power has
been with us from the beginning, but it has grown exponentially
with the expansion of government in the 20th century. In enacting
program after program, Congress has delegated more and more power
to the executive branch. Thus, Congress has not only failed to
check but has actually abetted the expansion of presidential
power. And the courts have been all but absent in restraining
presidential lawmaking.
Nevertheless, the courts have acted in two cases - in 1952 and
1996 - laying down the principles of the matter; the nation's
governors have just forced President Clinton to rewrite a
federalism executive order; and now there are two proposals in
Congress that seek to limit presidential lawmaking. Those
developments offer hope that constitutional limits - and the
separation and division of powers, in particular - may eventually
be restored.
William J. Olson and Alan Woll
Executive Orders and National Emergencies How Presidents Have
Come to "Run the Country" by Usurping Legislative Power
CATO Institute, Policy Analysis, No. 358, Oct. 28, 1999 To read
Mr. Olson and Mr. Woll's 29-page policy analysis, please click
here.
The power of the national government has increased substantially
over us during the last several decades. American presidents of
both political parties; Congress regardless of its majority
party; and the courts have failed to honor the American
constitutional requirement of the separation of powers - the
separation of powers our country's founders knew to be necessary
in order for them and for us to live in liberty.
It is not possible for a constitutional republic to maintain
itself. A great and noble system of government requires perpetual
vigilance on the part of its citizenry if it is to survive.
Sadly, within our own precious land, a subtle but virulent type
of distortion has been taking place. The assault has been slow
but persistent. It has occurred beyond the grasp and view of many
Americans.
Most alarming, though, is that we now find ourselves in a
situation where the rudimentary mechanisms of our republic, the
actual underpinnings of our representative structure, are in
danger.
At the superficial level, procedures appear to be routine in
nature and government seems to be operating facilely. So by what
means could so seemingly a solid and efficient system be
threatened?
The instrument of destruction that hangs over us like the sword
of Damocles goes by various titles, but most commonly it is
referred to as the executive order. When used as originally
intended, an executive order is a written method of communication
that enables a president to facilitate and effectuate necessary
administrative functions.
However, this tool has slowly been corrupted over time. It is now
being used with the very intention of circumventing our system of
representative government.
Most Americans would be shocked to find out that President
Clinton, acting alone, has:
Taken legislation that was voted down by our elected
representatives and, acting as a one-man Congress, signed it into
law;
Resurrected a law that had previously been terminated by
Congress, so as to alter policy relating to the export of
sensitive technology;
Created secret laws that are unable to be seen, even upon written
request, by the people, press, Congress, or even select
intelligence committees of Congress;
Changed four decades of military policy, where previously a
launch on warning was required if it were verified that an enemy
missile was headed toward our mainland or our territories, to a
launch on impact, where we are required to sustain a potentially
devastating nuclear missile hit, with likely casualties, before
we respond;
Erased a crucial, foundational part of our Constitution, the
Tenth Amendment;
Implemented unratified international treaties, ignoring the
constitutional requirement of the two-thirds approval vote by our
duly elected representatives in the Senate;
Secretly assigned our troops to the United Nations and placed
them under foreign command;
Enabled United Nations representatives in a given NGO to be
immune from legal action for violations of law;
Placed the country in a state of emergency that allows the
president, or others in his administration, to suspend the Bill
of Rights and the Constitution at will.
Every American citizen should find the above list of items
extremely disconcerting. But equally distressing is the fact that
the present administration plans to accelerate its approach
further still.
And so, with an urgency that has rare parallels in our history,
we must determine how to stop the ever-increasing, pernicious
usurpation of power that has been occurring through Bill
Clinton's abuse of the executive order process.
James L. Hirsen, J.D., Ph.D.
Executive Orders and the Demise of Liberty
November 12, 1999
NewsMax.com
To read Mr. Hirsen's five-part series, please click here.
Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land.
- Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor, The New York Times, July
5, 1998
Clinton is pushing the envelope. He's consistently trying to take
more power than Congress gives him.
- David Schoenbrod, New York Law School professor, Los Angeles
Times, July 4, 1998
He [Clinton] has also pursued an 'executive order strategy' that
goes way beyond trying to guide federal agencies in how to
implement laws.
- The Wall Street Journal (editorial) August 6, 1998
We've switched the rules of the game. We're not trying to do
anything legislatively.
- Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, The Washington Times, June
14, 1999
The Liberty Study Committee is leading the effort to restore the
separation of powers of our national government. For more
information about the Liberty Study Committee, please click here.
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