A Congressional Test for the Usurper

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“In this broad context, if the Obama administration decides to impose a no-fly zone or take other significant military action in Libya, I believe it should first seek a Congressional debate on a declaration of war under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution,” Lugar said.

Weasel Zippers has the story, and a great pic of the usurper in full regalia.

Usurper caught in a lie

The United Nations Security Council voted March 17 to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, with the veto-holding Russia and China abstaining. Obama, in his unconstitutional role as head of the UN Security Council, ‘authorized’ the United States to use military force along with the United Nations.

Would Obama dare to cross the line and declare war without Congress?  You bet he would, this is what he and his backers are doing.  After all, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

As Senator Richard Lugar noted above, Obama is not authorized to do any such thing as only Congress can declare war.  And a no-fly zone is a declaration of war.

Lugar’s stance against imposing a no-fly zone puts him at odds with committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA), who supports the move.

U.N. Launches Investigation of Human Rights Violations in the United States

©2009 drkate

(h/t Glorygal)

In yet another example of the deliberate disintegration of American sovereignty, the Executive has opened the door for  a United Nations (UN)  “Special Rapporteur” to probe–for the first time ever– human rights violations by the United States regarding affordable public housing in urban areas.

The perception that drives the investigation is  first, that housing is a human right, and second, that there isn’t enough affordable public housing in urban areas in the United States. I disagree with the first premise in that it is not in our constitution, but agree with the second.  However, I doubt that a UN person who has never lived here will understand the complexity of this issue in the United States.

The Special Rapporteur  Raquel Rolnick has been appointed by,  and is under a special mandate from the UN Human Rights Council , the successor to the UN Commission on Human Rights.   As part of her ‘fact finding’ mission, she will visit New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Washington, the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota, and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

UN Special Rapporteurs can only visit countries that have agreed to invite them.