Frances Martel
Mediaite
4/2/2011
How did President Obama go from “anti-colonial” to “neo-colonial” in less than a month? Judge Andrew Napolitano took a detour from the regular civil liberties/end the Fed fare on Freedom Watch today to take a look at the specific, bringing together the left and right Congressional extremes to join in opposing further military action in Libya. To guests Congressmen Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, President Obama’s actions signal not only flagrant disregard for the Constitution, but put Obama dangerously close to spearheading an “imperial presidency.”
Judge Napolitano didn’t leave much space for interpretation as to what his stance is on the “unconstitutional and undeclared war of choice” in Libya, introducing the two Congressmen with a mini-commentary in which he argued that “Libya posed no threat to the United States and yet bombs away, morals and the Constitution be damned!” He found much agreement with this stance from the Republican and Democratic representatives, who both repeated several times that military action without congressional approval was unconstitutional. “It exceeds the War Powers Act, exceeds the mandate,” Rep. Kucinich argued, concluding that the Obama administration is “dangerously close to being an imperial presidency.”..
The article continues, with video of the discussion, at Mediaite.
Update: GOP Senators Will Force Vote on Obama’s Authority to Wage War in Libya Without Congressional Approval…at Weasel Zippers
Two senators concerned about US military strikes on Libya warned Friday they aimed to force a vote on whether President Barack Obama has the authority to wage war without congressional approval.
“We believe the answer is that he does not,” Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee said in a letter to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell…
