The Monarchy, The Constitution and Democracy

Riddle de jour:
Can we really understand the president’s violation of Constitutional law by knowing what it is not?

Apparently, this is the conundrum facing Congressional investigators.

The president, to date, refuses to tell investigators any more than he has to and that’s only because it leaked. Would he have told us otherwise? What do you think?
What we are told is that the decision to investigate someone as a prospective terrorist is made by someone pretty high up the ladder of NSA officialdom.

What does that mean is a moot question.

We do not know what information is used to determine who to spy on: someone who uses the Internet and says “damn”? We don’t know!

Furthermore the president assures us that regardless of our misgivings, it is well within his rights to pursue information on American citizens without a court order despite the fact that the law requires it!

It seems that 9/11 has given this president permission to do whatever he deems right in perfect imitation of Louis the XVI.

This indicates that the president feels he should not be bound by the restrictions imposed on mere mortal man as dictated by the Fourth Amendment which, incidentally, was crafted to preserve the rights of American citizens.

But all of these questions do not end there… It may raise an even bigger concern if that is possible. Consider this: If the president does not feel constrained by the Fourth Amendment, why should he feel so constrained by any Amendment, any rule of law?

Ah, you see?

The president’s language is so obscure that one might suggest that in his blatant disregard of the rule of law, that he may be violating other rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution clearly indicating that he has chosen to place himself above the law of the land.

One can only make that assumption based upon what he said and what we already know.

A president who feels that the Constitution and the rules of law do not apply to him has abrogated his contractual agreement with the American people who he is sworn to uphold and the Constitution which lays out the rules of law by which all citizens—including the president is bound. Under the Constitution, the rule of law applies to each and every one of us including the president unless otherwise amended.

The Constitution was conceived and executed to protect the rights of the individual and to preclude any one Branch or individual gaining excessive power that might impinge on the rights of others. It is what sets our democracy apart!

If we cannot trust our president to respect the same rules and laws that govern our actions, can we then trust our president to represent our best interests?

And if that is the case, is he then upholding our best interests?

Les Aaron