[NTLK] SOPA Legislation

Dennis Swaney romad at aol.com
Tue Jan 17 20:16:31 EST 2012


Thanks for the link, David

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 16:50, David M. Ensteness <denstene at mac.com> wrote:

> On Stewart's behalf, below is reference to the statement he refers to is:
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/recess-appointments-constitutional-justice-dept-says/2012/01/12/gIQA1QRctP_blog.html
>
> The DOJ contends that the President's actions are constitutional, as
> Stewart said, it is up to SCOTUS to decide otherwise.
>
> -DME
>
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Dennis Swaney wrote:
>
> > You mean the DOJ run by Eric Holder? BTW, to what "legal opinion" are you
> > referring? Please post a link. Thank you.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 15:39, Robert Stewart
> > <robertdylanstewart at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> The U.S. Department of Justice says you're wrong. It's all over the
> news.
> >> Until that legal opinion gets challenged in an actual court, it is
> >> inarguably more valid than your opinion that the appointments were
> >> unconstitutional. The SCOTUS decides whether something is
> unconstitutional,
> >> not senators, not representatives, and certainly not the public.
> >>
> >> Deal with it and STFU, like the Republicans told me to do for eight
> years.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Robert D. Stewart - AC5ZH
> >> Sent from my phone
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 17, 2012, at 17:09, Dennis Swaney <romad at aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Doesn't matter what Congress does as Our Dear And Glorious Leader has
> >>> started ruling by fiat because "we can't wait". An example is his spate
> >> of
> >>> "recess" appointments when Congress is NOT in recess. So the passage of
> >>> SOPA and PIPA is moot. Our Dear And Glorious Leader will implement the
> >>> policies only if they give him more power.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>> Dennis B. Swaney
> >>> California People's Republic
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 14:16, Lloyd Conway <doc_retro at juno.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'd like to think that you're right, Jon, but he threatened to veto
> the
> >>>> 2011 NDAA, the new law that gives him the power to arrest and imprison
> >>>> Americans within our borders on his own authority w/o any check or
> >> balance,
> >>>> if he deems them to be 'threats' and he's declared the USA to be a
> >>>> 'battlefield' in the war on terror, so i do not hold out hope that
> he'll
> >>>> refuse to sign such a bill.  It may not empower him directly, but it
> >>>> empowers those with power.
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> -Lloyd Conway
> >>>> Charlotte, Michigan
> >>>>
> >>>> "Except apparently, today, Obama threatened to veto it, and Congress
> >>>> has supposedly dropped the bill. We'll see how this goes in the
> >>>> future, but I'd like to think that many congressmen are currently
> >>>> breathing a sigh of relief--this thing kind of grew a life of its own,
> >>>> and nobody seemed willing to try to seriously stop it. (my theory for
> >>>> why, once word came from the WH threatening the veto, that Congress
> >>>> was so quick to drop that potato)
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ?-Jon Glass
> >>>> Krakow, Poland
> >>>> <jonglass at usa.net>"
> >>
> >
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Sincerely,
Dennis

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