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Contempt. The willful defiance, disregard, or disrespect of judicial or legislative authority or dignity, especially any disobedience of an order or any conduct that disrupts, obstructs, or interferes with the administration or procedures of a court or legislature.
Lockdown of Honduras Presidential Palace
In June 2009 when then-Honduran President Manuel Zeyala showed contempt for and defied a Congressional and Supreme Court order that disallowed him to modify the country’s Constitution improperly, the national army arrested and sent him into exile. While the action against Zeyala was constitutionally legal, Obama immediately labeled it a coup ‘. His purchased media also complied. Breitbart has the AP story:
President Barack Obama says the weekend ouster of Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya was a “not legal” coup and that he remains the country’s president… Obama said he wanted to be very clear that President Zelaya is the democratically elected president…Obama pledged the U.S. to “stand on the side of democracy” and to work with other nations and international entities to resolve the matter peacefully. emphasis added)
There is no such thing as a ‘not legal’ or ‘legal’ ‘coup’…a coup is always an unconstitutional, unlawful action:
A coup d’état ( or /ku de.ta/) (plural: coups d’état), or coup for short (French for overthrow of the state), is the sudden unconstitutional deposition of a government, usually by a small government’s surrender; or the acquiescence of the populace and the non-participant military forces.
We have learned that an Obama tactic is to accuse others of what he is or has done. While Honduras acted Constitutionally, Obama has defied the constitution at every turn. Will Obama face the same fate as Zeyala?
This essay discusses the actions of Obama that could be considered contempt of the Constitution or of court orders, any of which could result in his removal “Honduras-style” or by any other constitutional methods.
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