Presidency – Page 2

Right to Confront Witnesses

October 20, 2019 by philcline in Bill of Rights / Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Congress / Presidency

In 1603, Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the most celebrated men of his era, was brought to trial for treason based upon accusations generated by the Spanish Ambassador. The evidence used against him was testimony taken in secret and a letter by an alleged accomplice, a man named Cobham. Raleigh demanded the witness against him be […]

Cline on the Constitution – Interpretation

May 27, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

In November, President Trump referred to a federal District Court Judge as an “Obama judge.” Uncharacteristically, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, rebutted the President in a public statement. He said, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges, . . . (an) independent judiciary is something we should […]

Executive Privilege

May 12, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Congress / Presidency

This week’s edition of Cline on the Constitution Executive Privilege It seems every year we have at least one descriptive term that evolves into a sacrosanct badge of being politically correct. We’ve had “diversity”, we’ve had “homeless”, and a number of others it wouldn’t take long to conjure. The terms are over-used, frequently misused and so […]

Impeachment

April 28, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Congress / Presidency

The Impeachment of a President Calls for the impeachment of President Trump have been circulated since before he assumed office. Any pretext seems to suffice. If one is shown to be groundless, another is quickly adopted. With the Democrat party now in control of the House of Representatives, and a lineup of committee chairpersons right out of […]

Electoral College

April 7, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Presidency

The Electoral College In the last segment I addressed the proposal by some candidates for the Presidency to pack the Supreme court. In this segment I will discuss the Electoral College. There are various proposals by the same candidates to modify it or eliminate it altogether. While any proposal to change the Constitution or amend it should […]

Packing the Supreme Court

March 24, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

Packing the Supreme Court or “The Switch in Time That Saved Nine” A number of the announced candidates for the democrat nomination for President, have proposed changes to the current structure of our government. Some are foolish, some wild, some weird, some have been tried before. Such as Packing the Supreme Court by adding more justices. One […]

Emergency Orders

February 19, 2019 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary / Presidency

In this week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution, I decided to pause in my review of voting rights cases to consider the President’s recent actions concerning our Southern Border. The President’s declaration of an emergency and his orders to transfer funds to construct barriers on the Southern Border has generated extensive commentary on the […]

Executive Discretion

June 20, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Presidency

I took a little hiatus from Cline on the Constitution to recharge the old batteries. Lots happening at Supreme Court and elsewhere. Will try to catch my readers up over the next few weeks. Executive Power Out of the overheated debates on the situation at the border, lost among the shrieking and gnashing of […]

Presidential Wars

October 11, 2017 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Presidency

Presidential Wars What we always considered a futuristic vision of a dystopian world in which a mad dictator hurls nuclear weapons toward our nation turns out not to be confined to the pages of apocalyptic science fiction. Sorry, after I wrote the above paragraph I just liked it too much to hit the […]

War and Emergency Powers

September 27, 2017 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Congress / Presidency

The prospect of war abroad and insurrection at home are not thoughts we welcome. However, I’m not sure they can much longer be avoided. Abroad North Korea, ruled by a fat little despot with a bad haircut, has nuclear bombs, is developing missiles to deliver them and threatens to use the weapons against the […]

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