patocazador
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Once upon a time.... there was a president, FDR, who wanted to put through the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act), the NRA (National Recovery Administration) and other socialist programs (remind you of anyone?). They were unanimously deemed unconstitutional by the 9-member Supreme Court so FDR tried to get his Democratic congress to vote to institute an 11-man Supreme Court and then he could appoint 2 more justices and get his way.
A funny thing happened. The Democratically-stacked Congress decided that so much power shouldn't go to the Executive branch and they shot it down.
This historical lesson may not be relevant in this day and age but it damned well better be or we are in deep ****. With Hillary and a Democratic Congress they will try to ramrod these liberal/progressive laws through and do their best to remove the protections of the Second Amendment.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/09/trump-is-right-hillary-clinton-wants-to-take-your-guns/
Fortunately, the House, Senate, and president must all agree on bills for them to pass. This built-in redundancy is our nation's greatest asset. When all 3 are of one party, terrible laws get enacted. This is how Obamacare came to be. I am always happy when there is no unanimous "triad" to push through biased laws. If it is a good law, it will pass regardless. If it's a bad law, in-fighting will usually stop it. I sure hope that's the case after November. ale:
A funny thing happened. The Democratically-stacked Congress decided that so much power shouldn't go to the Executive branch and they shot it down.
This historical lesson may not be relevant in this day and age but it damned well better be or we are in deep ****. With Hillary and a Democratic Congress they will try to ramrod these liberal/progressive laws through and do their best to remove the protections of the Second Amendment.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/09/trump-is-right-hillary-clinton-wants-to-take-your-guns/
Fortunately, the House, Senate, and president must all agree on bills for them to pass. This built-in redundancy is our nation's greatest asset. When all 3 are of one party, terrible laws get enacted. This is how Obamacare came to be. I am always happy when there is no unanimous "triad" to push through biased laws. If it is a good law, it will pass regardless. If it's a bad law, in-fighting will usually stop it. I sure hope that's the case after November. ale: