THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume XIV, Issue # 65, April 4, 2012
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
OBAMA'S QUEST TO CONSOLIDATE & EXPAND THE POWER
OF THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
By Christopher G. Adamo
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: OBAMA'S EFFORTS TO WAGE WAR ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT & ALL OF THOSE IRRITATING
CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS TO HIS POWER THAT THE COURT CURRENTLY REPRESENTS -- OBAMA'S INTENTIONS TO EXPAND THE REACH & POWER OF THE
U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FAR BEYOND ANY FORMAL LEGAL OR CONSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES -- HIS CONVICTION THAT HE & HIS KIND CAN USHER IN
UTOPIA, BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE FIRST ABLE TO AMASS THE POWER TO FORCIBLY MAKE IT HAPPEN -- IMPLEMENTATION OF A SINISTER STRATEGY TO GARNER
SUCH A CAPABILITY -- PRESIDENT OBAMA AS A FAR LEFT IDEOLOGUE & ASPIRING AUTHORITARIAN -- OBAMA'S DETERMINATION TO MARGINALIZE THE
SUPREME COURT IN THE EYES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY DISMISSING ANY OPINIONS IT DELIVERS WHICH DO NOT COINCIDE WITH HIS OWN LEFTWING
LIBERAL OPINIONS & PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA
FULL STORY:
Theories abound as to the motives and significance of Barack Obama’s April 2, 2012, tirade against the United States Supreme Court. Perhaps the most plausible,
given the timing of the events, is that one of the “justices” sympathetic to the Obama regime leaked word that the Supreme Court had struck down Obamacare in
large part, or in full. In response, Obama could be attempting to publicly stay ahead of the Supreme Court, since its decision will not be officially announced until
June, 2012.
Of course, the primary suspect in this scenario is Elena Kagan, the newest member of the Court. It may seem pejorative to suggest that she could so flagrantly
compromise the integrity of her office, except that, by remaining involved with the Obamacare court case, she has already done just that. Having stumped for
Obama’s massive governmental power grab as his Solicitor General, she can by no means be objective in her current position. Yet, she flatly declined to recuse
herself from the case. So, regardless of whether or not she actually divulged last week’s decision on Obamacare, the Supreme Court, as it currently exists, is in a
wholly compromised condition.
Nor was the outrageous commentary on Monday, April 2, 2012, the first effort by Obama to wage war on the U.S. Supreme Court and all of those irritating
constitutional limitations to his power that it currently represents. In the wake of his latest rant, many are recalling how he used the 2010 “State of the Union”
message to disparage the Supreme Court for ruling against Campaign Finance “Reform.” Yet, his latest outburst reveals something much broader in scope and
far more sinister than an episode of mere jockeying for power between two branches of the United States government.
Long before his inauguration, Barack Obama made clear his intentions to expand the reach and power of the U.S. government beyond any formal boundaries. In
truth, this was the real essence of the “hope and change” rhetoric of his campaign. He and his kind are convinced they can usher in utopia, but only if they are
first able to amass the power to forcibly make it happen. To their dismay, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution did not imbue their kind with that degree of
unfettered authority.
So, in response to these circumstances, a sinister strategy was implemented to garner just such a capability. In rapid succession, every governmental office under
Obama’s dominion began to exceed its boundaries and ignore any limits to its authority. Suddenly, the Environmental Protection Agency was redefining its
mission by implementing changes to environmental law through regulation, with no legislative authorization or oversight. Meanwhile, the U.S. “Justice”
Department essentially legalized voter intimidation, as long as such acts were perpetrated by minorities against white America.
Although, in the past, these excesses would clearly have been construed as illegal abuses of power, it soon became painfully obvious that the “mainstream”
media had no intentions of holding the Liberal perpetrators accountable. Instead, they consistently ignored such contemptible actions on the part of the political
Left, while focusing like a laser on any critics of the Obama administration, with a goal of wholly discrediting the critics.
However, to the general dismay of Leftists, the public has responded by becoming informed and involved. Mainstream America is now alert to such mainstays of
the Liberal agenda as “judicial activism,” and the dangers to liberty and constitutional law it represents. Consequently, the ability of unelected judges to make or
abolish law, merely by subjugating it to their personal opinions, while remaining unnoticed and avoiding criticism, is a thing of the past.
In particular, the confirmation hearings of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito re-emphasized, and to a major degree reaffirmed the fundamental role of a
Supreme Court Justice in upholding the principles of constitutional law, and not exploiting the office as a means of dictating personal policy to the masses.
Assuming office within a few months of each other during President George W. Bush’s last term as President, Roberts and Alito were able to brave the onslaught
of Liberal attacks and smear campaigns intended to thwart their confirmation by continually refocusing divergent questions from Senate Liberals on their
constitutional merits, or lack thereof.
In contrast, the confirmation strategies of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, Obama’s two Leftist appointees to the Court, were predictably centered on gender
and ethnicity, with little consideration given to their total lack of objectivity in past adjudicating. While the intent of Conservatives is to ensure that the Courts
preserve the integrity of the Constitution, as it is reflected in the nation’s laws and judgments, the goal of Liberals is to advance Liberalism, through whatever
means they can.
Against this backdrop, it is imperative that Barack Obama and his political cohorts dissipate any spotlighting of the Constitution as the definitive standard by
which the merits or pitfalls of a law is determined. In its stead, the unquestioned worthiness of Liberalism must be substituted. Hence, Obama has, on numerous
occasions, sought to essentially redefine “judicial activism” in the minds of his minions as any opposition to his agenda.
Monday’s comments, whether based on leaked information or merely the general paranoia that characterizes all aspiring authoritarians, represented a brazen
effort to diminish and discredit the Supreme Court on the basis that its only legitimate option is to rubber stamp Obamacare. In essence, he attempted to
marginalize the Court in the eyes of the American people by dismissing any opinions it delivers which do not coincide with his own.
We have seen this Alinskyite pattern in the past. When unable to endlessly engage in wanton spending sprees under the auspices of government funded
“stimulus” for the economy, Obama misrepresented the proper congressional oversight of federal spending as evidence of a “dysfunctional” Congress. In
response, he promised to remedy the situation by sidestepping the Congress.
With each passing day, Americans are given further examples of their options for the nation’s future, which will be determined by who they decide to install in
the Oval Office next January. Despite U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s subsequent attempts at “damage control,” Barack Obama’s statements stand, and their
ramifications are inescapable.
Threats against the Supreme Court from an arrogant and narcissistic radical, based on that Court’s potential decision to preserve and defend the Constitution,
foreshadow similar threats against every citizen who, whether at the ballot box or by the exercise of free speech, dares to do likewise.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
U.S. Constitutional Law & Political Philosophy
The Constitution of the United States of America
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
Christopher G. Adamo is a resident of southeastern Wyoming. He has been involved in politics at the local and state level for many years. His contact
information and article archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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