Archive for October 24th, 2009

“National Emergency” My A**

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Remember, "stroke of the pen, law of the land.  Kinds cool"?  That was a Clinton White House-era staffer's commentary on the issuance of executive orders, a power much abused by Presidents of both parties for a generation or more.  Declaring 'national emergencies' is another way to exercise dictatorial powers without ...