I awoke this morning from the news that Senior pointed out to me late last night. It stems from statements made by Leon Panetta That he and the President need not look to the Congress for approval for actions against Syria
Therefore on the heels of those outrageous comments Rep. Walter Jones, R-NC. Has introduced a resolution declaring: That should the president use offensive military force without authorization of an act of Congress, “it is the sense of Congress” that such an act would be “an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor.”
Wow! I thought, would this President be so bold as to do that? And the Answer is YES, we have to remember that he feels he can do anything. He came in to office with a super majority, and had no checks and balances. What ever he asked for he got, and felt unstoppable.
The full wording of H. Con. Res. 107, which is currently referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, is as follows:
Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a president without prior and clear authorization of an act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution.PLEASE LOOK TO MY UPPER SIDE BAR TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER IN MY NEW POLL....
Whereas the cornerstone of the Republic is honoring Congress’s exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, except in response to an actual or imminent attack against the territory of the United States, the use of offensive military force by a president without prior and clear authorization of an act of Congress violates Congress’s exclusive power to declare war under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution and therefore constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution.
