Sunday, February 20, 2011
Obama Assaults Democracy by Rejecting Popular Consent
By Kelly O'Connell Full Story
Does the “Will of the People” matter when government is run by a cadre of demigods? After all, is it really immoral to force Americans to do the good and avoid the bad? Contra, one can argue the very cornerstone of US constitutional theory is summed up in the doctrine of Consent of the Governed, since without acknowledging the popular will, every other act by government is tyranny. Yet, former constitutional instructor Barack Obama constantly ignores and even flouts this principle in action.
Remember the Declaration’s immortal words:
By Kelly O'Connell Full Story
Does the “Will of the People” matter when government is run by a cadre of demigods? After all, is it really immoral to force Americans to do the good and avoid the bad? Contra, one can argue the very cornerstone of US constitutional theory is summed up in the doctrine of Consent of the Governed, since without acknowledging the popular will, every other act by government is tyranny. Yet, former constitutional instructor Barack Obama constantly ignores and even flouts this principle in action.
Remember the Declaration’s immortal words:
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