Still from freecongress.org, but that order's a layered bit of work which deserves careful scrutiny--- it reshapes the boundaries of federal control. >***** >Executive Order 13083: A Threat To Liberty? > >"I'm not prepared to say this constitutes possible marshal law or >suspension of the Constitution, but what I've read of it, and I've gone >over it many, many times, is very worrisome. Because if you look at it, >it says that Clinton, by his authority, the authority vested in him as >President by the Constitution, and the laws of the United States, he >goes on to say 'I can therefore do all of this'," stated Cliff Kincaid, >journalist and director of America's Survival Inc., a guest on the Free >Congress Foundation's "Endangered Liberties," discussing Executive Order >13083 issued by President Clinton. > >Kincaid continued, "Let me just give you a couple of quotes.... He says >in this Executive Order on federalism: in matters of national or >multi-state scope that justify federal action, various things could >happen. The President, he says can act, quote, 'when states have not >adequately protected individual rights and liberties.... The President's >going to decide when states have not protected individual rights and >liberties. It gives him dictatorial power. He also says 'the President >will act when the matter relates to federally owned or managed property >or natural resources, trust obligations or international obligations.' >So the President's going to decide if somehow we have to meet certain >international obligations - maybe a treaty - so then the President can >take action to override the states, override the law. I mean this is so >open-ended it's really troubling." > >[.....]
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