Turley: Obama's "Become
The Very Danger The Constitution Was Designed To Avoid"
REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA):
Professor Turley, the constitution, the system of separated powers is not
simply about stopping one branch of government from usurping another. It's
about protecting the liberty of Americans from the dangers of concentrated government
power. How does the president's unilateral modification of act of Congress
affect both the balance of power between the political branches and the liberty
interests of the American people?
JONATHAN TURLEY: Thank you, Mr.
Chairman. The danger is quite severe. The problem with what the president is
doing is that he's not simply posing a danger to the constitutional system. He's
becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid.
That is the concentration of power in every single branch.
This Newtonian orbit that the
three branches exist in is a delicate one but it is designed to prevent this
type of concentration. There is two trends going on which should be of equal
concern to all members of Congress. One is that we have had the radical expansion
of presidential powers under both President Bush and President Obama.
We have what many once called an imperial presidency model of largely unchecked
authority. And with that trend we also have the continued rise of this fourth
branch. We have agencies that are quite large that issue regulations. The Supreme
Court said recently that agencies could actually define their own or
interpret their own jurisdiction. (House hearing, December 3, 2013)
Supreme Court
Samuel
Anthony Alito Jr. is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a
member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Note: Stephen
G. Breyer is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Ruth
Bader Ginsburg is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Anthony
M. Kennedy is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
William
Howard Taft was the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a
member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Potter
Stewart was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
John
Paul Stevens was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Harry
A. Blackmun was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and a member
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
David
Hackett Souter is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and was a
justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
George H.W.
Bush is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a member of the Burning
Tree Club, a chairman emeritus for the National Constitution Center,
a member of the Alfalfa Club, and a member of the Bohemian Club.
John A.
Boehner is a member of the Burning Tree Club, and the speaker for
the U.S. House of Representatives.
Warren
Burger was a member of the Burning Tree Club, and a justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Antonin
Scalia is a member of the Burning Tree Club, and a justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Sandra
Day O'Connor is a trustee at the National Constitution Center, the
president of the Alfalfa Club, and was an associate justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court.
National Constitution Center
(Past Research)
Monday, December 2, 2013
Belizean_Grove
is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Sonia Sotomayor
was a member of the Belizean Grove,
is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa
Society, and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thurgood
Marshall was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan
& Cass R. Sunstein were his clerks, and the founder of the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Elena Kagan
was Thurgood Marshall’s clerk, the solicitor general for the Barack
Obama administration, is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and
a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cass R.
Sunstein was Thurgood Marshall’s clerk, is married to Samantha
Power’s, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Samantha
Power is married to Cass R. Sunstein, the United Nations U.S.
ambassador for the Barack Obama administration, was a director at the International
Center for Transitional Justice, a director at the International Rescue
Committee, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue
Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
George Soros
is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan
Jr.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great
uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
senior director at the and NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), the
president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA),
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
John G.
Roberts Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA),
is the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the chancellor for
the Smithsonian Institution.
David
M. Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, and a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Shirley
Ann Jackson is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, and a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
American Constitution Society
(Past Research)
Monday, December 2, 2013
Laurence
Tribe was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution
Society, and Elena Kagan & Barack Obama’s research
assistants.
Elena Kagan
was Laurence Tribe’s research assistant, the solicitor general for the Barack
Obama administration, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the
justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Barack Obama
was Laurence Tribe’s research assistants, and an intern at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden
Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Newton N.
Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and his daughter is Martha L. Minow.
Martha L.
Minow is Newton N. Minow’s
daughter, the dean for Harvard Law School, Barack Obama was her
student, and was a clerk for Thurgood Marshall.
Obama taps Martha Minow, John
G. Levi for Legal Service Corporation Board
By Lynn Sweet on August 6, 2009 5:56 PM
Minow, the dean of Harvard Law School, is the daughter of Newton Minow, the former
chair of the Federal Communications Commission, who is senior counsel at Chicago's Sidley Austin.
When Obama was at Harvard
Law School,
Minow recommended that Sidley hire him for a summer job.
Thurgood
Marshall’s clerk was Martha L. Minow, the founder of the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a justice for the U.S. Supreme
Court.
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