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Robert P. George @McCormickProf
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1/ All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States ..." What is it about "all" that presidents and
2/ judges find opaque or difficult to understand? "All" means all. Legislating by executive orders, bureaucratic manipulations, and judicial
3/ edicts is unconstitutional. We are not a monarchy or an oligarchy. We are a republic. It is up to the legislature to make our laws.
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1/ I have a proposal for all people who understand the vital importance of freedom of thought and expression to truth-seeking and democracy.
2/ Find an opportunity--today--to speak up for the rights of someone you deeply disagree with about something that really matters to you.
3/ Take a stand against prohibiting people from saying what they believe to be true or compelling them to say what they believe to be false.
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1/ Friends of civil liberty-right and left-need to stand up to the speech police-right or left-who would forbid people saying what they believe or compel their saying what they don't believe. "Teacher refused to sign pro-Israel oath, so she lost her job": interc.pt/2BqhEpu
2/ People are commenting that speech policing happens on the left too. Yes! Of course it does. I noted that in my tweet. There are people
3/ on both sides who do it & rationalize their support for it. They condemn people on the other side for doing it while doing it themselves.
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1/ The 1st Amendment protects free speech for everyone. It protects the President's critics. It protects the President himself. It protects his defenders. All should exercise their free speech right responsibly, but it is protected even when they exercise it irresponsibly.
2/ Whether we're talking about college campuses or the broader society, the way to deal with speech we disapprove of, or regard as biased or unfair or otherwise irresponsible, it to criticize it--exercising our own free speech rights. We should not try to silence the other guy.
3/ The right to freedom of speech was hard won and could easily be lost. Its importance to truth-seeking and democracy is underappreciated. We take it too much for granted. It must be defended, whether assaults on it come from the left or the right, from academics or politicians.
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Ok #Resistance after 🍄 got elected I started tweeting him the US Constitution is small bites so he might read it. He didn't, but it made me feel better. I think @senatemajldr @SenateGOP need a reminder So I'm going to give them an Article 1 lesson. Feel free to help.
Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. @senatemajldr @SenateGOP
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Unitary executive theory long predates George W Bush, and means no more & no less than that the executive power - i.e., all of it - shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
This had nothing to do with the unitary executive. The argument that POTUS is a co-equal branch with an independent obligation to interpret & obey the Constitution goes back to the earliest days of the presidency, was most vigorously urged by Jackson.
The alternative is the courts simply finding that the law does or does not allow things. The question, a serious and longstanding one, is the limits of "who decides." Also recurs in when the executive can refuse to defend/enforce laws (eg DOMA).
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Unitary executive theory claims that everyone in the executive branch works for the president alone politi.co/2reBr9f @politico (1/11)
@politico UET is based on Article II of the Constitution: "The executive power shall be vested in the president of the United States..." (2/11)
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