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12. Since when is ruling on Constitutionality a function of the Executive? nt

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 06:47 PM

Oct 2013

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Idea? By Executive Order declare the 'debt limit' unconstitutional... [View all] Rosco T. Oct 2013 OP

I keep asking, why should Obama put himself in the firing line flamingdem Oct 2013 #1

Executive order can not declare anything unconstitutional. surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #2

Nothing is Unconstitutional Until a Court Rules it is Stallion Oct 2013 #4

Thanks for this BarackTheVote Oct 2013 #16

Wouldn't the Supreme Court have to do it? notadmblnd Oct 2013 #6

And while the Courts are Savannahmann Oct 2013 #7

So he declares the debt ceiling unconstitutional Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #8

I agree but I wanted to offer whys and wherefores as well. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #15

If you're going to propose a bad idea... Chan790 Oct 2013 #11

Not quite... backscatter712 Oct 2013 #17