When did laws become so discretionary in their implementation? The long history is that America is “A government of laws, and not of men.” John Adams (1735-1826). Federalist #51 (Madison): In a single republic, all the power surrendered by the people is submitted to the administration of a single government; and the usurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct and separate departments. Royal prerogative From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign alone. It is the means by which some of the executive powers of government, possessed by and vested in a monarch with regard to the process of governance of the state, are carried out. Headlines from a perusal of the news -- note the discretionary power that resembles less execution of impartial laws than a sort of discretionary royal prerogative: White House to Allow Insurers to Continue Canceled Health Plans Wall Street Journal-by Louise Radnofsky-16 minutes ago We fumbled the rollout on this health-care law, Mr. Obama said in a televised White House news conference. Am I going to have to do some ... New York Times White House to Allow Insurers to Continue Canceled Health Simple Plan $174K-Per-Year Congressmen Will Get Special Obamacare Subsidy CNSNews-2 hours ago Yet, “[u]nder pressure from the White House, on Aug. 7, 2013, OPM (US Office of Personnel Management) gave Congress and staffers the special taxpayer subsidies anyway,” said ... White House OKs Limited Waiver on Health Penalty ABC News-Oct 28, 2013 The move had been expected since White House spokesman Jay Carney promised quick action last week to resolve a disconnect in the ... Note the common theme of White House discretion. plen·i·po·ten·ti·ar·y ˌplenəpəˈtenSHēˌerē,-ˈtenSHərē/ adjective: plenipotentiary 1. having full power to take independent action. Do you ever wonder how the increasingly plenipotentiary White House may favor or disfavor you? Isnt that part of what what the structure of American government is supposed to protect against?
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:10:30 +0000