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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:25:37 -0700
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: SNET: Clinton Derelict in His Constitutional Duties (fwd)
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>
>Fundamental constitutional principles undermined on Clinton's watch,
>scholar says
>
>Clinton took an oath to support the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,
>but over the past four years he has attempted to undermine a number of
>fundamental guarantees, according to a comprehensive analysis released
>today (March 31, 1997) by 
>the Cato Institute.
>
>Timothy Lynch, assistant director of Cato's Center for Constitutional
>Studies, notes
>that Clinton has sought to limit rights to
>	free speech
>	private property,
>	and trial by jury.
>He has also supported
>	retroactive taxation,
>	warrantless searches and seizures, BOTH PROHIBITED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
>
>Among the study's findings:
>
>	FREE SPEECH:  The Clinton Justice Department has attempted to censor
>the
>rights of peaceful protesters and the expression of priests' and
>doctors' views.  
>Clinton has also supported additional government controls on radio,
>television and
>the INTERNET.
>
>	DOUBLE JEOPARDY:  The Clinton Justice Department has signed off on
>several
>double prosecutions, including the federal prosecution of the Los
>Angeles police
>officers who beat Rodney King in 1991.
>
>	SEPARATION OF POWERS:  The Clinton administration has violated the
>separation of powers principle by trampling on the constitutional
>prerogatives
>of Congress.  He, for example, has ordered air strikes in Bosnia and
>missile
>attacks against Iraq without congressional authorization and claims to
>have
>constitutional authority to attack other countries whenever he deems
>that course
>of action to be appropriate.
>
>	FEDERALISM:  "President Clinton has exhibited UTTER DISDAIN for the
>Tenth
>Amendment and the doctrine of enumerated powers," Lynch writes.  "His
>ongoing
>efforts to consolidate all power in the federal domain are simply
>INDEFENSIBLE."
>The president has sought to federalize 
>		health care,
>		crime fighting,
>		environmental protection,
>		and education 
>and has tried to thwart efforts to downsize federal agencies and
>programs.
>
>"If constitutional report cards were handed out to presidents, Clinton
>would receive
>an F," Lynch writes.  
>
>Should the president continue to IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION in his second
>term,
>Congress and the Supreme Court should stand fast against any
>constitutional
>transgression.
>
>"The Constitution cannot enforce itself," Lynch warns.
>
>"But if the American people demand adherence to the Constitution,
>government
>officials, including Clinton, will respect the limitations that were
>wisely
>placed on their power."
>
>Policy Analysis no. 271  http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-271es.html
>
>Contact:  Tim Lynch, assistant director, Center for Constitutional
>Studies,
>		202-789-5239
>	  Dave Quast, director of public affairs, 202-789-5266
>
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