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Populist Party Newsletter 08-02-07
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"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler.
Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
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by Stephen Neitzke
Nowhere in the Constitution is any branch except Congress given the power to declare war. The declaration of war is a legislative-branch function, not an executive-branch function. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution mandates that Congress "shall have the power to declare war."
Congress violated the "separation of powers" under the Constitution when they gave the war powers decision for Iraq to Bush. It was done in HJR 114, "Authorization For The Use Of Military Force Against Iraq", 2nd session, 107th Congress.
What Congress did here was not a declaration of war. They bascially said to the president, "You decide when we should go to war, and let us know shortly afterwards."
Nowhere in the Constitution is any branch of government given the power and the option of giving away a power and function specifically assigned to that branch in the Constitution. To do so is (1) unimaginable in the context of constitutional law, and (2) a violation of our Constitution's "separation of powers".
In the prima facie case we're building here, every Member and Senator in Congress -- all 373 of them -- who voted to give Bush his very own war-delcaring powers for Iraq -- is guilty of violating his/her oath to uphold the Constitution. On top of this, they are also guilty of violating 18 USC 241 -- conspiracy against the citizen-rights of US soldiers to be sent to war only on the expressed order of Congress. ....
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Following the lead of the Midwest Populist Party, we're proud to announce the launch of our newest regional affiliate, the West Coast Populist Party!
Helen Schmidt [send her email] is coordinating efforts for the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
It's our goal to make this a place to discuss principles of government and liberty, with an emphasis on the states and cities in this region.
As this regional Populist Party grows in membership, our goal is to develop a grassroots network that will include state and local parties, regular events and meetings.
We're just starting, and it's a long path, but you can help make get the project off the ground:
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by Ben Tanosborn
Americans may not support the results coming out of Iraq but their bipartisan support for the American wehrmacht has remained almost intact. And the politicians seem to have a keen awareness of that, so both Republicans and Democrats know that they must put on a hawkish mask to be elected.
That applies to politicians at all levels, and it is a pre-requisite that cannot be waived for any candidate to the presidency. So it's no surprise that Barack Obama this week came up with a plan for Pakistan after having denounced Hillary Clinton last week of her "Bush-light" approach to the conflict in Iraq.
Apparently Obama realized that without paying homage to the hawkish, militaristic brotherhood in government you might as well declare yourself non-fit for political battle and call it a day.
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