SOTN Editor’s Note:
You never know where the truth is going to come from. Sometimes out of absolutely nowhere someone is seized to utter the unadulterated truth in the most important venue in the world.
That is exactly what the junior Republican Senator from Nebraska recently did. He quite deftly presented the most important class on the U.S. Constitution and American Governance ever given in the Senate. Actually, it was perhaps the single most important speech to be delivered anywhere near Congress since ‘Mr. Smith went to Washington’. Yes, it was — and is — that amazing, astounding and astonishing. While it really ought not to be, the thoroughly wretched condition of the 114th Congress makes it so.
Were every American citizen to listen to this unparalleled history lesson, civic lesson and poly sci lesson, the nation would come to a screeching halt before it completely goes over the cliff, fiscal and otherwise.
What makes Senator Ben Sasse’s labor of love all the more extraordinary is that it was undertaken by a young conservative who has all the right tickets punched. We’re talking about the picture-perfect resumé if one was to be selected to chair the notorious Council on Foreign Relations (Sasse wasn’t). Yes, his background is that sculpted and manicured, just as Senator Sasse was when he gave his unprecedented Congressional lecture.
Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and St. John’s College usually prepare one to cash in on their connections during one’s career. In the case of Senator Sassse, it appears that he actually paid attention during his history courses and poli sci classes.
If he is really, REALLY serious, then it is high time for him to team up with the truth-talking Democrat from Hawaii–Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. There is perhaps no better ticket for the 2016 presidential election.
Let’s draft ’em — NOW! — before the fast-approaching cliff becomes history, as in the final “Fall of the American Empire”.
But first, sit back and watch the best show in America political theater in the 3rd millennium.
VIDEO: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse on Executive Unilateralism – Full Speech
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Caught On Tape: U.S. Senator Issues Dire Warning On Unchecked Executive Power
ZeroHedge.com
The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”
With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
I actually can’t believe I’m writing this, but the following speech from freshman U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) is so thoughtful and inspiring, it should be required viewing for all American citizens.
To hear a U.S. Senator sound more like a statesman than a corrupt hack politician for sale to the highest bidder, is such a breath of fresh air I almost can’t believe it’s real. Rather than talking down to voters, he challenges them to become more enlightened, nonpartisan-thinkers with a sense of history. He challenges all of us to shake ourselves from an ignorant, fear-based stupor and reclaim the true genius and beauty at the heart of the American experiment.
Take the time to watch this. The entire thing, and then share it with everyone you know.
“The problem of a weak Congress and executive growth should be bad news to all of us and, more importantly, to every constituent who cast their votes for us under the impression that Congress made decisions – not suggestions. I think the weakness of the Congress is not just undesirable, but is actually a dangerous thing for America.”
Thank you Ben Sasse, for proving that there remains a remnant of wise, honorable, decent people in U.S. government.
Finally, while we’re on the topic of executive overreach, here’s what Obama has planned for gun control in the new year…
From Roll Call:
Senior congressional aides and sources in the gun-control community expect the White House to use its executive powers to tighten federal gun laws shortly after President Barack Obama returns from a Hawaiian vacation in early January.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday he anticipates a legal review to continue through the holidays.
Since the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., White House officials have been, as Earnest has put it, “scrubbing through the law” to determine whether and how Obama can use his constitutional authorities to make it harder for terrorists and other potential mass shooters to legally obtain firearms.
On both sides of the Capitol, sources involved in the guns debate say, as one senior House GOP leadership aide put it, “something is brewing on guns.”
The hot-button issue returned to the front burner of American politics following the lethal Islamic State-inspired California shooting.
Since, however, Republican lawmakers have blocked Democratic measures on stiffening gun laws; and Democrats have kept a mental health bill the GOP has tied to mass shootings from passing, saying they would rather close loopholes in gun laws first.
A recent CNN/ORC poll suggests the American public is siding with GOP arguments. The survey found a majority (52 percent) of those polled oppose tighter gun laws. And a Washington Post/ABC News poll found 53 percent are against the assault weapons ban the White House has endorsed.
“So part of our solution is to consider the range of authorities that are vested in the executive branch to try to advance some of those common-sense policies,” Earnest said. “And we certainly do want to make sure that any sort of steps that the president would take have a strong legal basis in the law.”
So there you have it. A majority of Americans do not want tighter gun laws. Nevertheless, King Obama thinks he know best, and will simply do as he pleases.
This is not what freedom looks like.