Submitted by Richard L. Cure -Precinct 1002
Background info. from tisaboutfreedom.wordpress.com
Whereas, The Obama Administration has by-passed Congress and acted without due process of the law as evidenced by the actions listed below:
a. Bypassed Congress and instructed the EPA to advance Cap-n-Trade (carbon tax). (source #1)
b. Made four Executive Appointments while the Senate was NOT in recess, which the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional, yet the appointees still remain. (source #2)
c. Did not get Congress’s approval for Obama’s war in Libya. Article I, Section 8, Impeachable under Article II, Section 4. Obama falsely claims UN can usurp Congressional war powers. (source #3)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has repeatedly denied Constitutional rights as evidenced in the actions listed below:
a. Obama Care requirement to provide birth control which restricts freedom of religious belief. (source #4)
b. IRS denial of right to quick process and the targeting of politically opposing organizations. (source #5)
c. Use of drones on American Citizens. (source #6)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has used Executive Privilege in the following incidents:
a. Fast and Furious-gun running to drug lords where a border patrol agent and many others were killed. To be named specifically in this fiasco is Attorney General Holder. (source #7)
b. Obama Care sold by the Administration as ‘not a tax’ in Congress then went to the Supreme Court and claimed it was a tax thereby keeping the unconstitutional law from being thrown out. (source #8)
c. In the Benghazi fiasco the Ambassador and supporting troops were killed because the Obama administration, at best, did not act or react responsibly. Specifically to be named in this wrong doing is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (source #9)
d. Forced legislation through for the allowing of ‘gays’ in the military which weakened our Armed Forces. (source #10)
e. National Labor Relations Board, to which Obama had illegally appointed 3 members, was used to stop Boeing from building a $750 million Dreamliner plant in right-to-work South Carolina. (source #11)
f. Appointed more than two dozen “czars” to federal agencies without the “Advice and Consent of the Senate.” (source #12)
g. The prosecution of Snowden for his patriotic act of disclosing the unconstitutional action of our government spying on its people. (source #13)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has made repeated stands against the Congress’s right to know as evidenced in:
a. Benghazi fiasco, along with the associated cover-up and denial involving, especially, the President and the Secretary of State (source #14)
b. Investigation into the discrimination of IRS in processing of filings for tax exempt status. (source #15)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has used Executive Orders to bypass and negate Congress and the Constitution as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. 23 Executive Orders on gun control – an infringement on the 2nd Amendment especially involving Vice President Biden. (source #16)
b. Executive Order bypassing Congress on immigration – Article 1 Section 1, All Legislative power held by Congress. (source #17)
c. Executive Order 13603 – NDPT – government can seize anything. (source #18)
d. Executive Order 13524 – Gives INTERPOL jurisdiction on American soil beyond law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, which gives power to a foreign power. (source #19)
e. Executive Order 13636 Infrastructure Cyber Security – Bypassing Congress Article 1 Section 1, All legislative power held by Congress. (source #20)
Whereas, the Obama Administration has, through its oversight of governmental agencies, allowed or caused the loss of Constitutional rights as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. Attempted to tax political contributions of the opposing party – 1st Amendment. (source #21)
b. Later caused IRS to hold up tax-exempt status on organizations which opposed Obama. (source #22)
c. Allowed spying on the American people through a program, code named Prism NSA and the FBI’s tapping directly into the servers of 9 internet companies to gain emails, video/audio, photos and documents. NSA is also collecting data on all phone calls in U.S. These actions are violations of the 4th Amendment. (source #23)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has disregarded laws on the books thereby negating the Laws of the Land as witnessed by the following incidents:
a. Directed the Department of Justice to ignore the Constitution and separation of powers and to stop enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act. (source #24)
b. Has continued to neglect to enforce existing immigration laws while creating its own. (source #25)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has given its cronies, rights outside of the law making the law a personal privilege thereby making a farce of the law, evidenced by:
a. Healthcare waivers – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s home state Nevada received a blanket waiver from Obama Care. Nancy Pelosi’s district received about 20% of the waivers. No president has dispensing powers. (source #26)
Whereas, The Obama Administration has acted in the capacity of a foreign power and plans to do so in the future as witnessed by the following acts:
a. Obama took Chairmanship of UN Security Council – Violation of Section 9. (source #27)
b. Plans to sign U.N. Firearms Treaty, which infringes on our Constitutional 2nd Amendments rights and gives the power to a foreign body, which could be argued as a clear case of treason.
Therefore be it Resolved, That our representatives take up this call to action to prosecute the Obama Administration for various crimes outlined above to include but not limited to the Impeachment of President Obama. We ask our Texas Federal Representatives Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cornyn, and Congressman Michael Burgess to pursue immediate correction of the violation of powers by the Obama Administration. And to press for changes in Homeland Security, FEMA, and to the Amended (Sept. 2009) Defense Production Act of 1950 (source #29) which is used as the basis for many of the presidential orders which undermine our Constitution. Our State Representatives are asked to lend support in the above matters. We here set forth the Impeachment Articles of Michael Connelly, J.D. Constitutional Lawyer as an example of what we expect to be brought before Congress. (source #28)
Sources:
1) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574388642894879438.html
2) http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/01/31/a-federal-court-slaps-down-president-obamas-aggressive-abuse-of-executive-power/
3) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/opinion/21Ackerman.html
4) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/24/catholic-university-to-file-appeal-in-fight-against-obamacare-mandate/
5) http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/17/conservative-groups-targeted-by-the-irs-reject-the-agencys-new-expedited-review-process/
6) http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/politics/obama-drones-cia
7) http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/15533-obama-s-fast-and-furious-gun-running-scandal-grows
8) http://www.askheritage.org/is-the-obamacare-mandate-a-tax/
9) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/05/21/clintons-role-in-the-benghazi-fiasco-and-blame-shifting/
10) http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-gay-rights-military/2013/02/12/id/489928
11) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/22/boeing_nrlb_unions_labor_government_white_house_obama_administration_south_carolina_109635.html
and
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/04/obama-bypasses-congress-appoints-3-to-labor-board/
12) http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-07-30/opinions/36772654_1_jobs-czar-energy-czar-imperial-russia
13) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
and
http://rt.com/news/snowden-prize-whistleblower-germany-255/
and
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/black-budget/
14) http://newsbusters.org/blogs/howard-portnoy/2013/05/12/liberal-panic-now-benghazi-fiasco-finally-getting-real-coverage
15) http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/08/emails-suggest-collusion-between-federal-election-commission-fec-and-irs-internal-revenue-service-lois-lerner-to-target-conservatives/
16) http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-by-the-president/
17) http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/303869-house-votes-to-defund-obamas-administrative-amnesty-for-immigrants
18) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness Department of Homeland Security is made #1 with all agencies including FEMA under Department of Homeland Security. March 16, 2012.
19) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
20) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity
21) http://nation.foxnews.com/irs-targeting-tea-party/2013/05/15/senate-democrats-pressured-irs-crack-down-tea-party
22) http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/05/17/congress-holding-hearings-on-irs-tax-exempt-scandal-today/
23) http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,2472288673001_2145377,00.html
24) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/us/politics/for-obama-tricky-balancing-act-in-enforcing-defense-of-marriage-act.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
25) http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-by-the-president/
26) http://nation.foxnews.com/obamacare/2011/05/18/entire-state-nevada-scores-obamacare-waiver
and
http://nation.foxnews.com/nancy-pelosi/2011/05/17/pelosi-caught-hand-obamacare-waiver-cookie-jar
27) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTB-LDWoETA
28) http://static.squarespace.com/static/4f34530ecb12e336a9dfe29c/t/52218b15e4b08fc4fa147fc9/1377930005891/Formal%20Articles%20of%20Impeachment%20:%202013%20:%20Congressional%20Public%20Release%20v1.pdf
29) http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/15666?id=3590