tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8222384005559878883..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Unindicted? Deuces Wild.Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-69347400795672998302014-02-28T05:24:33.355-06:002014-02-28T05:24:33.355-06:00Agreed, and I think George Will made a somewhat si...Agreed, and I think George Will made a somewhat similar point regarding congressional irresponsibility and bureaucratic empowerment. <br /><br />Should the needed hammer ever come down, it needs to come down on offenders from each party.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-62890977891202373812014-02-27T10:22:54.594-06:002014-02-27T10:22:54.594-06:00Hi Gus,
I think that this kind of expansion of ru...Hi Gus,<br /><br />I think that this kind of expansion of rules is what happens when Congress surrenders their law-making authority to the executive bureaucracies which is arguably a violation of the separation of powers. <br /><br />And, given the reluctance of the GOP Administrations to indict the lawbreakers of previous administrations in the vain hope that they will reciprocate with such immunity, this kind of abuse will not stop. <br /><br />The only solutions, which the GOP leadership have already demonstrated that they are loath to use, is to employ the power of the purse by zero-budgeting such agencies to quash such unconstitutional behavior - which it is even if some federal court says otherwise - and to have subsequent administrations prosecute the evil-doers that escape justice in previous presidencies due to political affiliation. <br /><br />If there are no consequences to the bureaucrats involved in individual right's violations, there will be no end to them. <br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com