It is indeed a sad day for our country.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:52 PM Subject: [OT] Impeach the President > http://bit.ly/drKQFd > > - - - > The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the > debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy > Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 > votes necessary to pass the Senate's health care bill in the House. > > Hence, Mrs. Pelosi and her congressional Democratic allies are > seriously considering using a procedural ruse to circumvent the > traditional constitutional process. Led by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, > New York Democrat and chairman of the House Rules Committee, the new > plan - called the "Slaughter Solution" - is not to pass the Senate > version on an up-or-down vote. Rather, it is to have the House "deem" > that the legislation was passed and then have members vote directly on > a series of "sidecar" amendments to fix the things it does not like. > > ... > > The Slaughter Solution is a dagger aimed at the heart of our system of > checks and balances. It would enable the Democrats to establish an > ominous precedent: The lawmaking process can be rigged to ensure the > passage of any legislation without democratic accountability or even a > congressional majority. It is the road to a soft tyranny. James > Madison must be turning in his grave. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/6f75feb7c5604fc98b4c156b45136...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
