Erosion

Is the current government of the United States of America really a democratic republic as promised by the Constitution?

For several years I have read a number of articles that mention various Executive Orders that basically give the President the power to suspend constitutional government (everything we know and expect regarding our form of government ) and impose upon it’s citizenship conditions that we naturally assume could never exist within the United States. I’ve taken these articles with a large “grain of salt”; that is, I really didn’t believe them. From time-to-time, during the last couple of years, I have been studying for myself just what these claims are based upon. What I have concluded, to my great alarm, is that with a stroke-of-the-pen the President has been given the authority to do just such a thing. The extent of the power of the President to suspend everything that we assume about our Constitutional rights is extreme. I will provide proof of the above statements a little latter in this post.

The ultimate authority, which gives these powers to the President, is provided by the United States Code, which is the “Law-Of-The-Land”. This document is huge and complicated (as it is all “legal talk”, and very difficult to follow because so much of it references other parts of the document and to a very large extent speaks in very general terms open to various interpretations that can only ultimately be determined by the courts). The site provided above helps very much as it provides a number of ways to help find what you are looking for. Although there are many sections that are applicable to my conclusions, Title 50 War and National Defense, is where the President gets most of his extensive and mostly unknown powers. In particular, the United States Code gives the President the authority to issue “Executive Orders”. An Executive Order thus becomes an extension of the “law-of-the-land.”

Offered by Ron.