Senate candidate says 'constitutional crisis' Obama's fault
'I call him the lawless president because he doesn't seem to have respect for the law'
June 10, 2011
By Bob Unruh
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Virginia Senate candidate E.W. Jackson
A candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia says he calls Barack Obama the "lawless president" because "he doesn't seem to have any respect for the law."
The attack comes from E.W. Jackson, who is seeking the GOP nomination to replace the outgoing Democratic Sen. James Webb.
"We're in a constitutional crisis," Jackson declares in a new YouTube video.
"I've been following presidents for a long time. I have never seen a president use regulatory and executive power to end-run the Constitution, to end-run the legislature, even to end run the judiciary," he said.
"He can't get cap-and-trade passed so what does he do? He relies on EPA to pass these inhibitive, prohibitive regulations that will in effect implement cap-and-trade without any legislative action," Jackson said.
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Republican George Allen and Democrat Tim Kaine are regarded as probable contenders for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Webb, but the primaries still are a year away, and comments like Jackson's are starting to generate considerable notice in the state.
In his recent speech, Jackson virtually ignored his potential primary or general election opponents, instead choosing to take on Obama.
"He can't get regulations that he wants to pass on a whole variety of issues. Card check. So he appoints somebody to the NLRB who is going to try to implement card check through the back door," Jackson said.
"He can't get the legislature to go along with some sort of broad moratorium on drilling. He doesn't have the votes. So what's he do? He does it by executive authority. Right now you've got people down on the Gulf right now unemployed. Hurting. Because this man has implemented a moratorium on deepwater drilling on the Gulf. Put thousands of people out of work. And when the judge declared what he did was illegal and ordered his administration to lift the moratorium, he said, 'Well, we're studying it.'"
Jackson continued, "Right now they're in contempt of court for violation of a judge's order. And there's no indication whatsoever that they're about to back up. I call him the lawless president because he doesn't seem to have any respect for the law."
He noted that, "Instead of him applauding Arizona for their willingness to try to implement and to enforce federal immigration law, what does he do? He attacks them. Says they're the ones behaving in some sort of questionable fashion, when he ought to be right there backing them up."
Campaign officials said the video had attracted thousands of viewers during just the first 24 hours it was posted. Jackson has been getting the attention of tea party groups for his promise never to vote to raise the debt ceiling, his pro-family and pro-life advocacy positions, and his experience.
A Marine veteran who graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts at Boston as well as Harvard Law, he also studied at Harvard Divinity School.
He practice law in Boston, moving later into fulltime ministry and writing "Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life" as well as "American the Beautiful – Reflections of a Patriot Descended from Slaves."
He also founded Exodus Faith Ministries, a nondenominational Christian church in Chesapeake, Va. On July 4, 2009, he launched STAND – Staying True to America's National Destiny, a national grassroots organization dedicated to restoring America's Judeo-Christian heritage and values.
Jackson started Boston's first and only all-gospel radio station. He also taught administrative law at Northeastern University in Boston and business and commercial law at Strayer University in Virginia. |
