Crimes Against the Constitution
Executive Orders, Presidential Directives, National Emergencies and Martial Law
A Special Investigative Report
By Cliff Kincaid,
President, America's Survival
Published and distributed by America's Survival
www.usasurvival.org
©1999
Executive Summary
Crimes against the Constitution didn't end with the alleged conspiracy to commit perjury and obstruct justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair. This special report documents in striking detail how the legislative authority of the Congress has been unconstitutionally delegated to or in some cases usurped by the Clinton-Gore Administration. Using executive orders, presidential directives and other federal actions, the president has assumed many of the legislative powers granted to Congress and has implemented a liberal-left agenda on a wide range of social, domestic and foreign policy matters. In doing so, the president has undermined some of our most precious rights that are supposed to be guaranteed under the Bill of Rights.
While Congress still retains the power to pass laws and appropriate money, the president has acquired the power to create or enlarge federal agencies, issue regulations, control imports and exports, financially bail out foreign governments, make land use decisions, prohibit financial transactions, deploy troops at home and abroad, and create and implement controversial national policies completely on his own. Some of these actions are outlined in secret documents never provided to Congress or the public that may conflict with the stated or official policies of the executive branch.
This report documents how presidential executive authority has been inflated to the point where the president can claim a "national emergency" and declare martial law in the U.S. in response to a real, perceived or imaginary crisis. Under the Clinton-Gore administration, dozens of so-called "national emergencies" have already been declared, enabling the federal government to dramatically expand its power and reach. As this report argues, the Y2K computer problem provides another such crisis or "opportunity" for a further expansion of federal power
Although presidents have used executive orders in the past, some of the Clinton executive orders, in contrast to those of his predecessors, have been drafted in almost complete secrecy, without any input from Congress, state and local governments or businesses and individuals that would be affected by them. President Clinton is also the first president to use executive orders and presidential directives to aggressively pursue the military, social and economic agenda of international organizations such as the United Nations. A secret presidential directive assigns our troops to the U.N. and places them under foreign command. One Clinton executive order, issued in compliance with a U.N. resolution, actually closed down a U.S. organization, throwing its employees out of work and taking its web site off the Internet. In other cases, the Clinton-Gore Administration has decided that "international obligations" and the demands of ratified and unratified treaties take precedence over U.S. law and the U.S. Constitution. Some of his executive orders enable U.N. representatives to evade civil or criminal prosecution for violations of the law and the Constitution which may occur on American soil.
There were some who said the impeachment trial of President Clinton would result in a weakened presidency. On the contrary, this presidency is stronger than ever. The Clinton-Gore Administration is "strong" to the point of being a real and present danger to our citizens, our Constitution and our nation.
To make matters worse, President Clinton has not only issued executive orders that violate the Constitution, he has issued executive orders that he and members of his own administration have violated. After the travail of the Congressional handling of the Monica Lewinsky affair, it remains to be seen what, if anything, Congress will do about any of this.
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