Constitutional Expert?
Normally, we make it a point to be "somewhat" objective in our posts.....but the below press release from the National Republican Congressional Committee provided too good of a laugh over the weekend....
ELLSWORTH SUBVERTS CONSTITUTION, APPLIES D.C. STATEHOOD BY CONGRESSIONAL DECREE
DC Voting Rights Bill Confiscates States’ Rights by Issuing Statehood without the Constitutional Consent of the American People
WASHINGTON –Ignoring basic Constitutional facts that are learned by elementary school students across America everyday, Brad Ellsworth voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia.
According to the “Kids in the House” section of the U.S. House Clerk’s website, a change to the U.S. Constitution must be made via the Constitutional amendment process:
“The Constitution of the United States, as provided in Article 5, may be amended when two-thirds of the members each house of Congress approve a proposed amendment and three-fourths of the States thereafter ratify it.”
Despite the advice of Constitutional experts much less intermediate children’s learning recources, Ellsworth voted against adhering to states’ rights by voting to grant the District’s non-voting delegate the authority to cast a vote in Congress. The only problem is that Congress does not have the authority to issue statehood with a simple majority vote.
According to the Congressional Research Service:
“...it would appear likely that the Congress does not have authority to grant voting representation in the House of Representatives to the District.’”
(CRS Report, 1/24/07)
George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley in testimony before the House Judiciary committee last month:
[The bill is] “the most premeditated unconstitutional act of Congress in decades.”
(The Washington Post, 3/15/07)
If Brad Ellsworth can’t acknowledge the fundamental principles in the U.S. Constitution, it begs the question: Is he fit to hold office?
ELLSWORTH SUBVERTS CONSTITUTION, APPLIES D.C. STATEHOOD BY CONGRESSIONAL DECREE
DC Voting Rights Bill Confiscates States’ Rights by Issuing Statehood without the Constitutional Consent of the American People
WASHINGTON –Ignoring basic Constitutional facts that are learned by elementary school students across America everyday, Brad Ellsworth voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia.
According to the “Kids in the House” section of the U.S. House Clerk’s website, a change to the U.S. Constitution must be made via the Constitutional amendment process:
“The Constitution of the United States, as provided in Article 5, may be amended when two-thirds of the members each house of Congress approve a proposed amendment and three-fourths of the States thereafter ratify it.”
Despite the advice of Constitutional experts much less intermediate children’s learning recources, Ellsworth voted against adhering to states’ rights by voting to grant the District’s non-voting delegate the authority to cast a vote in Congress. The only problem is that Congress does not have the authority to issue statehood with a simple majority vote.
According to the Congressional Research Service:
“...it would appear likely that the Congress does not have authority to grant voting representation in the House of Representatives to the District.’”
(CRS Report, 1/24/07)
George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley in testimony before the House Judiciary committee last month:
[The bill is] “the most premeditated unconstitutional act of Congress in decades.”
(The Washington Post, 3/15/07)
If Brad Ellsworth can’t acknowledge the fundamental principles in the U.S. Constitution, it begs the question: Is he fit to hold office?
3 Comments:
Idiot!
Will someone please run a pocket constitution out to Bradley?
Yeah, but a lot of Republicans voted for this too...even Mike Pence.
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