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Sunstein: Obama, not courts, should interpret law SAY WHAT

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Sunstein: Obama, not courts, should interpret law
'Beliefs and commitments' of nation's leader should supersede judges

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Posted: September 18, 2009
12:10 am Eastern


By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily



Cass Sunstein

JERUSALEM – The interpretation of federal law should be made not by judges but by the beliefs and commitments of the U.S. president and those around him, according to President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.

"There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him," argued Sunstein.

This statement was the central thesis of Sunstein's 2006 Yale Law School paper, "Beyond Marbury: The Executive's Power to Say What the Law Is." The paper, in which he argues the president and his advisers should be the ones to interpret federal laws, was obtained and reviewed by WND.

Sunstein debated the precedent-setting 1803 case, Marbury v. Madison, which determined it is "emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."

He lamented multiple recent examples of U.S. presidents interpreting law only to have their interpretations overturned by the Supreme Court.

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"Why is the executive not permitted to construe constitutional ambiguities as it sees fit?" asks Sunstein. "The simplest answer is that foxes are not permitted to guard henhouses ... but who is the fox?"

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He concludes "the executive should usually be permitted to interpret (law) as it reasonably sees fit."

"The allocation of law-interpreting power to the executive fits admirably well with the twentieth-century shift from common law courts to regulatory administration if the governing statute is ambiguous," he writes.

Sunstein is not shy about expressing his radical beliefs in papers and books, although many of his controversial arguments have received little to no news media attention or public scrutiny.

Earlier this week, WND first reported Sunstein drew up in an academic book a "First Amendment New Deal" – a new "Fairness Doctrine" that would include the establishment of a panel of "nonpartisan experts" to ensure "diversity of view" on the airwaves.

WND also reported Sunstein proposed a radical new "bill of rights" in a 2004 book, "The Second Bill of Rights: FDR'S Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever," in which he advanced the radical notion that welfare rights, including some controversial inceptions, be granted by the state.

WND has learned that in April 2005, Sunstein opened up a conference at Yale Law School entitled "The Constitution in 2020," which sought to change the nature and interpretation of the Constitution by that year.

Sunstein has been a main participant in the movement, which openly seeks to create a "progressive" consensus as to what the U.S. Constitution should provide for by the year 2020. It also suggests strategy for how liberal lawyers and judges might bring such a constitutional regime into being.

Just before his appearance at the conference, Sunstein wrote a blog entry in which he explained he "will be urging that it is important to resist, on democratic grounds, the idea that the document should be interpreted to reflect the view of the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party."

In his book, Sunstein laid out what he wants to become the new bill of rights, which he calls the Second Bill of Rights:

Among his mandates are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;


The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;


The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;


The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;


The right of every family to a decent home;


The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;


The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;


The right to a good education.
On one page in his book, Sunstein claims he is "not seriously arguing" his bill of rights be "encompassed by anything in the Constitution," but on the next page he states that "if the nation becomes committed to certain rights, they may migrate into the Constitution itself."

Later in the book, Sunstein argues that "at a minimum, the second bill should be seen as part and parcel of America's constitutive commitments."


THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST. Websters dictionary is obsolete acording to obama. The only interpretation that matters is his. If libs and conservatives both cannot see the above quotes by sunstein is sick and wrong this country is doomed.

Its not the party affiliation that should make our decisions. Rather the integrity and substance of those that are in positions of leading and the correctness of their beliefs.

If thinking like the above quotes by sunstein is allowed to be implemented there will be tee total anarchy.
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Everyone from both sides of this forum has been saying lets deal with substance. HERE is a chance for one and all to step up to the plate. What are your opinions on this ludicracy?



IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SEPERATION OF POWERS?
 

Faster horses

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To bad R2's post is gone where she refuted the fact that Sunstein could
interept the law to his own (or Obama's) desires.

When are the libs going to realize, these folks have NO INTENTION
of being stopped. There is no limit to what they want to CHANGE.
 

Larrry

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If GW would have said something like this can you imagine the uproar from the left.

Af for me, I do not want GW, Obama, Jimmy Carter or anyone else in their position doing this.

This should completely scare anyone whether they are left or right
 

hypocritexposer

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I finally found a website that I can view Beck's full show on the internet.

http://glennbeckclips.com/

and yesterday's show was quite interesting. He's starting to put the whole picture together, and he is including many of the topics that have been discussed here for quite some time.

A worthwhile show to watch if you missed it. (Community organizing groups, Media, Indocrination etc)

There's about 6 clips, enjoy.

http://glennbeckclips.com/
 

garn

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President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein

Confirmed by whom? Certainly not the Senate.

With Obama as president and Peloisi and Reid running Congress, this country is screwed :cry:
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
This is already happening.

Who's responsibility is it to interpret the Constitution?

When there was doubt about the definition of "Natural Born Citizen", who interpreted it?

Not SCOTUS, that's for sure.
 

TSR

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Yep it happened in the last administration. "Executive Privilege" comes to mind, maybe a precedent was set then.
 
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