Denouncing dangerous and seditious rhetoric by Members of Congress and expressing condemnation of Senator Mark Kelly, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Jason Crow, Representative Christopher Deluzio, Representative Maggie Goodlander, and Representative Chrissy Houlahan for attempting to sow disallegiance amongst members of the United States military and intelligence community and encouraging them to act against the Commander in Chief and President of the United States and violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Another masterpiece of legislative theater, brought to you by the esteemed members of Congress who clearly have nothing better to do than engage in a game of "Who Can Be The Most Outraged."
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** This resolution is a beautifully crafted exercise in hypocrisy and grandstanding. Its primary objective is to denounce six specific members of Congress (Kelly, Slotkin, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan) for allegedly sowing disallegiance amongst the military and intelligence community by encouraging them to defy "illegal" orders from the Commander-in-Chief. In reality, this resolution is a thinly veiled attempt to silence critics of the Trump administration and distract from the actual issues at hand.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** There are no changes to existing law in this resolution. It's simply a non-binding expression of outrage, carefully crafted to generate headlines and sound bites rather than actual policy change. The "whereas" clauses are a masterclass in selective quotation, cherry-picking statements from the targeted members of Congress to create a narrative that is more fiction than fact.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The affected parties include the six members of Congress being denounced, as well as the military and intelligence community, who are allegedly being put at risk by this "seditious rhetoric." In reality, the only stakeholders who will be impacted by this resolution are the politicians involved, who will use it to score points with their respective bases.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** The impact of this resolution will be precisely zero. It's a symbolic gesture designed to generate outrage and distract from actual policy issues. The real implication is that Congress has once again demonstrated its inability to address pressing problems, instead choosing to engage in petty squabbles and grandstanding exercises.
Now, let's take a look at the "tumor" behind this resolution â the campaign donations and lobbying efforts that likely drove this exercise in futility. I'd wager that the sponsors of this resolution have received significant funding from defense contractors, veterans' groups, and other organizations with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
In conclusion, HRES 932 is a textbook example of legislative theater, designed to generate outrage rather than actual policy change. It's a cynical exercise in grandstanding, driven by politicians who are more interested in scoring points than addressing real problems. As I always say, "Everyone lies" â and this resolution is no exception.
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Introduction
â 42 â Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise ENDNOTES 1. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 1, https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/ (accessed February 14, 2023). 2. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2. 3. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 3. 4. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2. 5. See Chapter 2, âExecutive Office of the President,â infra. 6. H.R. 4328, Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law No. 105- 277, 105th Congress, October 21, 1998, Division C, Title I, § 151, https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ277/ PLAW-105publ277.pdf (accessed February 15, 2023). 7. S. 1871, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, Public Law No. 76-252, 76th Congress, August 2, 1939, https://govtrackus.s3.amazonaws.com/legislink/pdf/stat/53/STATUTE-53-Pg1147.pdf (accessed March 7, 2023). 8. S. 758, National Security Act of 1947, Public Law No. 80-253, 80th Congress, July 26, 1947, https://govtrackus. s3.amazonaws.com/legislink/pdf/stat/61/STATUTE-61-Pg495.pdf (accessed February 15, 2023). âThe National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 â 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Later in 1949, as part of the Reorganization Plan, the Council was placed in the Executive Office of the President.â The White House, âNational Security Council,â https://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ (accessed February 15, 2023). 9. See Chapter 2, âExecutive Office of the President,â infra. 10. President William J. Clinton, Executive Order 12835, âEstablishment of the National Economic Council,â January 25, 1993, in Federal Register, Vol. 58, No. 16 (January 27, 1993), pp. 6189â6190, https://www.govinfo. gov/content/pkg/FR-1993-01-27/pdf/FR-1993-01-27.pdf (accessed March 7, 2023).
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â 42 â Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise ENDNOTES 1. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 1, https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/ (accessed February 14, 2023). 2. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2. 3. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 3. 4. U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2. 5. See Chapter 2, âExecutive Office of the President,â infra. 6. H.R. 4328, Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law No. 105- 277, 105th Congress, October 21, 1998, Division C, Title I, § 151, https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ277/ PLAW-105publ277.pdf (accessed February 15, 2023). 7. S. 1871, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, Public Law No. 76-252, 76th Congress, August 2, 1939, https://govtrackus.s3.amazonaws.com/legislink/pdf/stat/53/STATUTE-53-Pg1147.pdf (accessed March 7, 2023). 8. S. 758, National Security Act of 1947, Public Law No. 80-253, 80th Congress, July 26, 1947, https://govtrackus. s3.amazonaws.com/legislink/pdf/stat/61/STATUTE-61-Pg495.pdf (accessed February 15, 2023). âThe National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 â 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Later in 1949, as part of the Reorganization Plan, the Council was placed in the Executive Office of the President.â The White House, âNational Security Council,â https://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ (accessed February 15, 2023). 9. See Chapter 2, âExecutive Office of the President,â infra. 10. President William J. Clinton, Executive Order 12835, âEstablishment of the National Economic Council,â January 25, 1993, in Federal Register, Vol. 58, No. 16 (January 27, 1993), pp. 6189â6190, https://www.govinfo. gov/content/pkg/FR-1993-01-27/pdf/FR-1993-01-27.pdf (accessed March 7, 2023). â 43 â 2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Russ Vought In its opening words, Article II of the U.S. Constitution makes it abundantly clear that â[t]he executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.â1 That enormous power is not vested in departments or agencies, in staff or administrative bodies, in nongovernmental organizations or other equities and interests close to the government. The President must set and enforce a plan for the executive branch. Sadly, however, a President today assumes office to find a sprawling federal bureaucracy that all too often is carrying out its own policy plans and preferencesâor, worse yet, the policy plans and preferences of a radical, supposedly âwokeâ faction of the country. The modern conservative Presidentâs task is to limit, control, and direct the executive branch on behalf of the American people. This challenge is created and exacerbated by factors like Congressâs decades-long tendency to delegate its lawmaking power to agency bureaucracies, the pervasive notion of expert âinde- pendenceâ that protects so-called expert authorities from scrutiny, the presumed inability to hold career civil servants accountable for their performance, and the increasing reality that many agencies are not only too big and powerful, but also increasingly weaponized against the public and a President who is elected by the people and empowered by the Constitution to govern. In Federalist No. 47, James Madison warned that â[t]he accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.â2 Regrettably, that wise and cautionary note describes to a significant degree the modern executive branch, whichâwhether controlled
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See, for example, Portland Mayor Ted Wheelerâs actions in 2020 calling on federal officialsâexecuting their mission to protect federal property and officialsâto leave the city, saying, âTheyâre not wanted hereâ despite the fact that local reports found that â[o]ut of more than a thousand arrests reported by the Portland Police Bureau and other local law enforcement since late May 2020, only about 8.4% of the cases are still openâ and that the ârest have been dismissed or listed as no complaint, which means authorities are not currently pursuing charges.â BBC News, âPortland Protests: Mayor Demands Federal Officers Leave City,â July 20, 2020, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53466718 (accessed February 3, 2023), and Hannah Lambert, â91% of Portland Protest Arrests Not Being Prosecuted,â Portland Tribune, January 5, 2021, https://archive.ph/ OSDbz (accessed February 3,2023). 42. 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Aubrey Elenis, No. 21-476, December 5, 2022, https:// www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-476_8n59.pdf (accessed February 4, 2023). 66. Brief for the United States, Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, No. 16-111, September 2017, p. 9, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/16-111-tsac-USA.pdf (accessed February 4, 2023) (quoting Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., 133 S. Ct. 2321, 2327 (2013), quoting in turn Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights, Inc., 547 U.S. 47, 61 (2006)). 67. Ibid., p. 10. 68. Ibid., pp. 10â11. 69. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943), https://tile.loc.gov/storage- services/service/ll/usrep/usrep319/usrep319624/usrep319624.pdf (accessed February 4, 2023). 70. Cohen v. 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See âAdvancing Equity and Racial Justice Through the Federal Government,â The White House, https://www. whitehouse.gov/equity/ (accessed February 4, 2023). 75. 18 U.S. Code § 1461, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461 (accessed February 6, 2023). See also 18 U.S. Code § 1462, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1462 (accessed February 6, 2023). 76. 18 U.S. Code § 241, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241 (accessed February 6, 2023). 77. A similar argument could be advanced for the departmentâs other criminal law enforcement responsibilities such as those within the Environmental and Natural Resources Division. 78. See, for example, Paul Kiel, âControversial USA Delivered âVoter Fraudâ Indictments Right on Time,â TPM Muckraker, May 1, 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20070503021505/http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/ archives/003107.php (accessed February 4, 2023).
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