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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 11:47 am to BBONDS25)
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Very shortsighted on your part.
Wonder if Rex would be cool if an AG stopped enforcing civil rights laws?
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 11:56 am to CptBengal)
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he is supposed to DEFEND ALL LAWS OF THE COUNTRY.
No, he's not, and this is not the first time an Attorney General has chosen to not defend a Federal statute.
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Do you even have any idea of the roles of the branches of government, at all?
I certainly do, but you obviously do not. In the matter of DOMA, subsequent to Holder's declaration of non-defense Congress authorized its own legal panel to defend the act in court.
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Wonder if Rex would be cool if an AG stopped enforcing civil rights laws?
Why would I be? Can you even read? Holder made a clear distinction between defending a statute in court and enforcing it... as did I in this thread.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 11:59 am to Rex)
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No, he's not,
What is the job of the executive branch, Rex?
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I certainly do, but you obviously do not.
you said Congress should defend their law.....
Do you know what job Congress does, Rex?
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:00 pm to BBONDS25)
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That's good, rex. I assume you are pissed at holder for this.
Why would I be? I agree with his position regarding constitutionality of DOMA and he's not required constitutionally to defend every Federal statute in court.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:00 pm to Rex)
So you would Not have an objection to a president deciding separation of church and state is unconstitutional and refuses to defend a statute disallowing mandatory prayer in school?
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:02 pm to CptBengal)
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you said Congress should defend their law..... Do you know what job Congress does, Rex?
I certainly do, but it's obvious you don't. Here's a clue for you: BLAG. Now go educate yourself.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:02 pm to Lsut81)
Wow.. Never seen a more bull shite post to start a thread.. That is saying a lot around here...
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:07 pm to BBONDS25)
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So you would Not have an objection to a president deciding separation of church and state is unconstitutional and refuses to defend a statute disallowing mandatory prayer in school?
I certainly would have an objection, and I'd criticize him to no end. But my objection would be to his smarts and to his interpretation, not to the legality of his refusal to insincerely argue for a statute. He can't legally refuse to ENFORCE the statute.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:10 pm to getback)
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Wow.. Never seen a more bull shite post to start a thread..
LSU81t is one of several rightwingers here who have an easy predilection toward misrepresenting facts.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:10 pm to Rex)
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No, he's not, and this is not the first time an Attorney General has chosen to not defend a Federal statute.
So that makes it right? Hmmm. Let's bring back segregation! It's not the first time it's been policy!
Dumb.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:12 pm to Rex)
Fair enough. 
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So that makes it right?
In this case, yes. Are you stupid enough to think that every statute Congress passes is constitutional?
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:13 pm to Rex)
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Why would I be?
By the same "logic" you've applied to Holder, it would be fine for a so-motivated AG to simply not enforce a law he didn't believe in. So if he was a racist, he could simply not enforce those laws in order to not be "insincere".
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Holder made a clear distinction between defending a statute in court and enforcing it...
Weaksauce. Laws are made (or repealed) by congressional action.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:14 pm to Rex)
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I certainly would have an objection
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By the same "logic" you've applied to Holder, it would be fine for a so-motivated AG to simply not enforce a law he didn't believe in. So if he was a racist, he could simply not enforce those laws in order to not be "insincere".
That's just your stupid strawman, born from your apparent functional illiteracy.
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 12:22 pm to Rex)
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That's just your stupid strawman
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 1:09 pm to getback)
Is that you Obama?
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| re: Obama on The View (Posted on 5/15/12 at 2:46 pm to themunch)
I was right he was sitting with his legs crossed again.
He really is the first gay president.
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