 PRESS RELEASE: On Saturday, April 12, Michael Bishop attended the state convention for the Constitution Party of Texas, was officially nominated as candidate for governor and accepted that nomination. The Constitution Party of Texas is a third party and must collect 50,000 signatures to place its candidates on the November ballot. Bishop is running on a platform of restoring the rights of landowners, halt to all fracking in the state, a ban on underground injection wells and a complete halt to eminent domain by government or private industry unless voters approve the project. "It is time that individual liberty and property rights were restored to Texans, and that Texas return to the Republic it was meant to be. We have strayed from the sacred principles of our forefathers and the two party system is a dismal failure. People state that they voted for the lesser of two evils but when a person does this, they are still voting for evil", said Bishop. "It is also sad that the very parties who make our laws have done everything in their power to keep third parties from participating in the election process by restricting ballot access", he added. Anyone interested in helping candidates get on the ballot or in joining the Constitution Party of Texas can call Michael Bishop at 936-715-9338 or go to the website at www.cptexas.us
EXECUTIVE DISCRETION
by Gregg Woodcock
Every patriot knows what President Richard M. Nixon’s worst mistake was (hint: it wasn’t his coverup of the Watergate break-in), but few are aware of his finest moment, a situation this article will remedy. Before this can be done, a little background and vocabulary must be established but please bear with me; I assure you it will be painless and well-worth the effort!
Executive Discretion is the self-evident power that every executive possesses to choose either to act, or to not act, within the bounds of his mandate and authority. If no executive had discretion, there would be little purpose for his office to even exist. Executive Discretion is how a CEO can pursue one strategy versus another, without consulting the board of directors for approval of every step. It is what allows a police officer to legally and justly give a warning to a poor college student driving a junker, instead of writing a ticket every time. It is also what legally allowed President Obama to block all justice department participation in defending DOMA in the courts. He was incorrect in his conclusion that DOMA is unconstitutional but, having so decided, he was absolutely correct about his power to choose to not act, and to block his bureaucrat underlings from acting. The vehicle used by the President to promulgate his Executive Discretion is the Executive Order, each of which is legally binding on everyone who works under him in the executive branch, provided it does not contravene any Legislative or Constitutional bounds.
Impoundment is the act of an executive deciding to not spend all or part of a sum of money that has been appropriated to him. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson, many Presidents have exercised the Impounding Power. The reinforcing acquiescence of Congress for hundreds of years firmly ensconced Impoundment as a genuine executive power of the President of the United States. And how could it be otherwise? Impoundment is built into the very lexicon of the Constitution and legislative activity. When the U.S. Congress would like to waste more money, what do they do? They pass an “Appropriations” or “Spending Authorization” bill. A bill of this sort is a temporary grant of power to the President to act (or to not act) within the bounds legislated; it is NOT a gun to his head forcing him to act. With such a bill, Congress sends an opportunity to the President giving him specific AUTHORIZATION such that it is APPROPRIATE for him to spend a certain amount for specific things. It is then the President’s prerogative to work out the details and options, one of which obviously is to spend NOTHING AT ALL.
Read more at: http://cptexas.us/home/2014/04/executive-discretion.html
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