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Friday, June 22, 2007
Dick Cheney and the Not-So-Unitary Executive JB
Vice President Dick Cheney and his consigliere David Addington have long been associated with the doctrine of the "Unitary Executive," the notion that all executive functions are vested in the President of the United States of American and hence that the President has the right to direct all executive officers, who, in turn are required to obey his orders.
I see no reason why Cheney should not face immediate impeachment. Oh, wait, the Congress is gutless and spineless.
Forget I mentioned it.
It's all about maintaining power over the country and invoking the most silly arguments to do so.
The unitary executive is patently unConstitutional. The non-executive branch vice-president is delusional. Cheney has now become the embodiment of a bad Saturday Night Life skit. More is the pitty than neither Bush nor Congress will fire is ass (doesn't his non-executive argument embrace insubordination? He's not accountable to Bush's own executive orders?).
Actually, Congress has an "executive" function in declaring war (and arguably in the Senate's role in regards to treaties and executive branch appointments). And the Supreme Court has an "legislative" function too in the guise of the Chief Justice who presides over the Senate during impeachments (not to mention in interpreting and even nullifying laws). And, speaking of impeachment, it would appear there that Congress has a "judicial" function. I'm sure we could could on and one here listing such instances.
Mixed government: where your categorization does not wholly determine your function.
Your point, and I'm sure you have one, is....?
Yes, the vice presidency has a limited legislative role. No, that doesn't exempt it from executive (and legislative) oversight of functions carried out in its executive role, such as that role is.
Presumably Congress can now compel document production and under-oath testimony from Cheney, Addington & Co via congressional resolution. After all, if OVP is part of Congress, it's subject to congressional decisions about how to organize and run Congress. And, jeez, the SCOTUS can't review Congress's decisions about how to run Congress, now, can it?
The scary part is that with the current makeup of the Supreme Court, Cheney might successfully make a case that the Vice President's office enjoys the privileges and immunities accorded to both the executive and the legislature, and thus is able to position himself as effectively, or at least minimally, immune to control by either. If Cheney succeeds in surviving unimpeached--or worse if an impeachment attempt is made and fails--he will have established the precedent for a new power center within the constitutional structure that future administrations are likely to want to exploit for their own ends. This is a true constitutional crisis that if not handled adeptly, may reshape American politics.
Professor Balkin:
The VP is not an executive department under the control of the President. Rather, the VP is its own constitutional executive office and is arguably not required to follow the instructions of the President. Therefore, I am unsure how the Unitary Executive theory would apply to a dispute over whether the VP has to report his activities or that of his staff to the President. If the VP told the President to take a hike and declined to provide information that he had requested, exactly what can the President do? The President cannot fire the VP and the VP is arguably not required by the Constitution to follow the President's orders.
That's pretty reductive reasoning. The Constitution creates three branches of government. ANY governmental function must fall within one of these branches. This does not mean that sometimes people can't wear two hats. For instance, the President is the Chief Executive but also has a role in signing or vetoing legislation. Both Congress and the President have a role in appointing judges. The Chief Justice sits as presiding officr in impeachment trials. Nonetheless, the system of government is one of checks and balances. The fact that someone wears two hats does not bring the person outside of normal oversight channels. For instance, the fact that the President has a role in vetoing or signing legislation does not mean that when he is exercising EXECUTIVE functions, he is not subject to normal oversight channels, including judicial review and congressional oversight. So, the Vice President wears two hats. AT MOST this means that when he is acting as a legislator, he is subject to oversight through the same channels as a member of Congress and when he is acting as an executive, he is subject to the same channels of oversight as a member of the Executive branch. So, in practice, Cheney might be able to tell the executive regulators that documents that were generated out of his role as President of the Senate, or the office he uses when in that role, could not be inspected. Those documents and offices would, however, be subject to inspection by Congress. What Cheney wants to do is something completely different-- say that he is completely outside any oversight by anyone. But that is clearly not true. Bear in mind that Vice Presidents actually CAN ONLY exercise those executive functions delegated to them by the President. In other words, Bush may not be able to fire him, but he can simply tell him to go to a bunch of funerals and stay out of the White House. Indeed, that is what most Vice Presidents have been told throughout history. Dick Cheney isn't entitled to convene an Energy Task Force, or perform any other executive duties, unless Bush authorizes him to. Bush can clearly condition that authorization on his submission to oversight. There is no colorable constitutional question whatsoever here. Cheney just makes things up. He relies on the fact that no court will review his actions.
I am not advancing Cheney's argument that he does not have to report to the President because the VP's office has a quasi legislative role. Rather, I am suggesting that the VP does not have to report to the President because he is not a subordinate of the President. Exactly under what authority do you propose that the President compel the VP to report to him? The VP has no executive power and is not a department of the executive. He is simply a spare President in waiting.
Why isn't Bart correct when he says that the VP is under no duty to take orders from the President. It would, to be sure, be a major political crisis if the VP declared his/her independence--after all, wasn't that the case with John C. Calhoun and Andres Jackson--but was it a "constitutioal crisis." And so long as Congress appropriates funds to something called the Office of the VP, then I'm not sure why (s)he can't convene meetings on any topic at all.
So doesn't this further illustrate the dysfunctionaity of having a separate VP serving a fixed term who in no plausible sense is elected by the people to pursue his/her own policy goals, etc.? The only real solution to the Cheney problem (projecting into the future)is to eliminate the office, which more and more is revealed to serve no truly useful purpose.
I start from the premise that the authority of any United States governmental office (let's avoid the term "entity" here), including the OVP, is necessarily only that which is granted by the Constitution.
I can conceive of a theory or theories which might grant authority on some sort of natural law or "exigencies of wartime" argument. I may not accept it, and in fact would find a natural law argument for extra-constitutional powers of the *Office of the Vice-President,* which seems clearly intended as a mechanism to allow for orderly Presidential succession in case of emergency, very strange; but I can accept that such an argument is possible. If so, however, it would be more than novel, and should be made explicitly and in sufficient depth so it can be addressed meaningfully, not just asserted or implied. Otherwise, my review of the Constitution does not indicate that any power *is* vested in the OVP, aside from casting tiebreaker votes in the Senate. This is provision relevant to executive power: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. I don't see how this can be interpreted to vest any executive authority in the OVP. On the other hand, I think that clearly the President has the power to delegate Executive authority to the OVP for at least some functions (leaving aside whether there are any limitations on that) - just as he could to anyone else. But if this is the source of OVP authority, I don't see why the exercise of such delegated Executive authority would not be subject to Executive governance and oversight, and the rules which otherwise apply to the Executive. So as far as I can see the OVP can only exercise governmental authority (1) as delegated by and subject to the regulation of the Executive i.e., the President; (2) by virtue of an unidentified (by me, at least) extra-constitutional source for the OVP's governmental authority, in which case it seems to me we better get very clear about what that is and why; or (3) without a valid legal basis. Bart, I'd probably be particularly interested in your response.
I've always suspected Bart is a half-wit. And when I see something like this:
"If the VP told the President to take a hike and declined to provide information that he had requested, exactly what can the President do?" that suspicion is confirmed. Hmmmm... Let me ponder that. Well, from a purely short-term perspective, Bart, you're probably right. He can't do much. Maybe go punch the Veep in the mouth or something. Or, he could exercise a little decorum and punish the Veep in a way that hurts more: reduce his power. I can think of two easy ways to do that. First, the President can revoke the privileges and duties he has given the Veep. He could ban the Veep from Cabinet meetings, remove him from the National Security Council, and replace him with other "non-executive" appointees on the various military and foreign policy advisory councils on which he serves (at the President's pleasure). In other words, cut him out of the loop. For Dick Cheney, that'd be like cutting off the supply of virgin blood that keeps him fully functional. Second, and in the longer term, the President could submit a budget that does little more than pay the Veep's salary, keep, and whatever costs serving as President of the Senate may create. He can limit his travel budget, his services budget, his staff budget, etc. Moreover, the President could lobby Congress to amend the various provisions of Title 3, Chapter 2 of the U.S. Code so as to place statutory limits on the Veep's hiring and spending powers. So Bart, maybe the President can't fire the Veep, a la Donald Trump, but he sure as heck can reduce his role to that of the figurehead/insurance policy the Founders intended him to be.
Now that I see your second post, I actually don't think we are that far apart. The Vice President is a spare President in waiting. The President can't fire him. But to the extent he exercises executive authority, it is delegated to him by the President. And the delegation can be conditioned on him submitting to oversight as anyone else exercising executive authority would be. If he refuses to submit to such oversight, the President can't fire him, but he can revoke his authority. Do we agree?
Someone will have to explain to me why the VP is not subject to Congressional control under Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 18:
"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution ... all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof."
John R. Christiansen said...
Otherwise, my review of the Constitution does not indicate that any power *is* vested in the OVP, aside from casting tiebreaker votes in the Senate. This is provision relevant to executive power: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. I don't see how this can be interpreted to vest any executive authority in the OVP. On the other hand, I think that clearly the President has the power to delegate Executive authority to the OVP for at least some functions (leaving aside whether there are any limitations on that) - just as he could to anyone else. But if this is the source of OVP authority, I don't see why the exercise of such delegated Executive authority would not be subject to Executive governance and oversight, and the rules which otherwise apply to the Executive. So as far as I can see the OVP can only exercise governmental authority (1) as delegated by and subject to the regulation of the Executive i.e., the President; (2) by virtue of an unidentified (by me, at least) extra-constitutional source for the OVP's governmental authority, in which case it seems to me we better get very clear about what that is and why; or (3) without a valid legal basis. Bart, I'd probably be particularly interested in your response. I completely agree with your take. In the case at hand, while the President cannot compel the OVP to report to him, the President granted the OVP the power to receive and review classified information and can summarily strip the OVP of that power.
Has anyone even asked the Vice President if he intends to run for a third term?
I know that he has said that he will not make a run for the Presidency, but the 22nd Amendment does not mention term limits for the Vice President. It is hard to imagine Cheney taking all this power for himself, and then giving it up to anyone, let alone a Democrat.
I guess I would add to that --
Whatever the intent of the Framers, it is important to remember that the post-FDR Republicans who jammed the 22nd Amendment through (the same people who Cheney considers his intellectual parents), must have felt the Vice President had little power to say and do much of anything. If those conservative Republicans felt that the Constitution gave a Vice President, especially a liberal Vice President, any sort of power, it would have been a very simple thing for them to include the Vice President in the 22nd Amendment term limit provisions.
from the LA Times, 6/23/2007
"The executive order that Bush issued in March 2003 covers all government agencies that are part of the executive branch and, although it doesn't specifically say so, was not meant to apply to the vice president's office or the president's office, a White House spokesman said. The issue flared up Thursday when Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., criticized Cheney for refusing to file annual reports with the National Archives and Records Administration, spelling out how his office handles classified documents, or to submit to an inspection by the archives' Information Security Oversight Office. The archives, a federal agency, has been pressing the vice president's office to cooperate with its oversight efforts for the past several years, contending that by not doing so, Cheney and his staff have created a potential national security risk. Bush issued the directive in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a way of ensuring that the nation's secrets would not be mishandled, made public, or improperly declassified.
so Herr Busch signed the law, but neglected to mention that it didn't cover Herr Cheney or himself.
interesting. it's hard to imagine the President, constitutionally, being able to delegate to a part of the government not entirely under his own control or that of Congress. doesn't this violate some sort of delegation of power clause or responsibility for Herr Busch to respect the constitution and faithfully execute his office? Herr Busch is begging to be impeached.
And again, the best that can be said is Herr Busch is once again promulgating a questionable expansion of his power at the expense of public oversight.
The President just settled this kerfuffle in favor of the VP. Looks like Waxman will have to find another "constitutional crisis" to manufacture. Heaven knows, Congress has nothing better to do...
The only way the WH could let Cheney off the hook is by retroactively changing the rule that subjected the executive department to the requirement.
Or he could display a signed document officially delegating the decision to Cheney's office, dated before the decision was made. Otherwise these bozos are just making the rules up as they go. Since Bush and Cheney have done neither, the issue has not gone away. If Bart is referring to Perino's nearly incoherent remarks, this does not count, even if it can be interpreted most liberally. The problem is that Cheney arrogated to himself powers which the VP does not possess, and declared his office to be off-limits to either executive or legislative oversight. Of course, those who believe in a unitary executive will gush forth (as above) opinions that only mention the President, but I think Congress should investigate to see just other rules they've made up as they've gone, starting with this one.
why did the bush admin decide to exempt themselves from compliance in 2003.
how can bush simultaneously argue that the OVP is not bound and then say he's exempted OVP anyway. rahm is leading the charge by cleverly arguing that since the OVP is not part of the EB, they should submit their own, separate budget request. this is only going to drive bush approval ratings lower. what's he at 26% and still plugging Gonzo. they will lose in the courts on this one too. they are begging for SCOTUS rebuke.
keep in mind, when he starts dipping this low, he's only losing crazies.
i wonder how low he'd have to go to lose Bart? or, better put, what's it going to take to shock BDP's dormant conscience into objection?
rhruvC2H50H said...
The only way the WH could let Cheney off the hook is by retroactively changing the rule that subjected the executive department to the requirement. This is a presidential order to his own executive, not a criminal statute. There is no "hook." The President can interpret his own orders any way he pleases.
According to Bart, the President can and does operate the Federal government using the same rules as CalvinBall.
Good to know. It sure increases my respect for the rules, when President Bush can retroactively change their meaning. Oh, and this isn't a big deal, just a "kerfuffle" -- you know, a lot less important than Nancy Pelosi's web page having a picture of a Canadian soldier.
The President just settled this kerfuffle in favor of the VP. Looks like Waxman will have to find another "constitutional crisis" to manufacture. Heaven knows, Congress has nothing better to do...
# posted by Bart DePalma : 11:52 AM In view of Cheney's claim to not be part of the Executive, then we havven't a VP, so we can simply cut the fundings to and associated with that office and its functions and invest it where it will have constructive effect. In short: Bushit settled nothing; and Cheney's anti-Americanism is not made legal by the vindictive little prick "decider" who cares as much for the rule of law as do you and your party-before-country: not at all. The US is foremost a system of laws. Waging war on that system is treason. If that's your idea of fuck-you law-abidingness, then you're as much an enemy of this country as Bushit, et al.
Let's review: Dick Cheney was bound by a presidential executive order to safeguard classified materials. Cheney ignored the E.O., exempted himself from its instructions, and mishandled secret information. The federal agency responsible for oversight had a few questions about all of this, which Cheney ignored, insisting that he's not part of the executive branch of government. The Vice President then decided he'd like to resolve the questions by eliminating the oversight agency asking them.
Kristol believes this is "reasonable enough"? If Vice President Al Gore had conducted himself the same way, would Kristol come to the same conclusion? (As for some "bureaucrat" checking to see if the OVP properly locked up its safe, we're not just talking about oversight; this deals with the willful mishandling of classified secrets in a time of war. That Kristol takes a rather blase attitude about the whole thing speaks poorly to the right's credibility on national security.) - Steve Bennen, TPM
This is a presidential order to his own executive, not a criminal statute. There is no "hook." The President can interpret his own orders any way he pleases.
# posted by Bart DePalma : 8:48 PM C'mon BDP...The VERY language of the executive order spells out that it applies to "the President and, in the performance of executive duties, the Vice President" Sec. 1.3 You gotta do better than "he can interpret it anyway he pleases." This is not some nebulous constitutional precept or a vaguely worded statute...the scope is clear by the very terms of the long-standing exeuctive order MODIFIED by Bu$hCo. and ISSUED by Bu$hco. This is NOT subject to some reasonable debate. It's just another rancid power grab by the nascent empire.
Schatten, the problem is that the ultimate arbiter of what an EO means is the president, not the courts or anyone else.
So he could interpret the EO in question to mean "strawberry ice cream for all Executive personnel on Fridays" and other than looking ridiculous -- as with this case -- no one could do anything about it. This is one of those creepy, Bart-is-basically-right-about-this occasions. Have a drink.
Not only is Bart right about the E.O., Anderson, but (technically) Cheney IS on the Senate payroll too:
"... I spend a fair amount of time on Hill matters. Part of that is because of my background in the House of Representatives, and part of it because my continuing job as Vice President is in the Senate. Most people don't realize I'm actually on the Senate payroll. That's where my paycheck comes from . . . ." http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1548061-3,00.html The Oxford Guide to the United States Government states: "The Vice President is not a member of either the executive or the legislative branch. Constitutionally, the Vice President is not a subordinate of the President, who has no power to issue orders to the Vice President and who cannot remove him from office. (The Vice President can be removed only by impeachment.)"
Bart wrote:
In the case at hand, while the President cannot compel the OVP to report to him, the President granted the OVP the power to receive and review classified information and can summarily strip the OVP of that power. So the president can give the OVP permission to view classified documents - can he take it away? Also, if, as you suggest, the president has no oversight whatsoever of the OVP, other than breaking ties and replacing missing presidents, what's the point of having a VP? To grab classifies documents and leak them? Apparently, by the OVP's track record, they've done. With no accountability or balance/check of power, its a clear weakness in the structure of the government.
No accountability or balance/check of power . . .
What part of "the Vice President can be removed by impeachment" are you having trouble with?
The problem with impeachment is only political, ie getting the votes. It is clear the law has been wilfully broken many times by both Bush & Cheney (not to mention the RoveWolfRumPerlFeith Coalition), but mentally/emotionally, the entire nature of American political reality has been turned sideways by this crew. It's almost impossible for someone immersed in consensus reality to perceive the depth and nature of the change. A de facto Coup d'Etat has taken place, a seismic shift that has not yet reached the surface awareness but will shake loose and destroy the foundations of American representative democracy. This is the very crisis the Founders feared; yet we have faced and corrected other such crimes in the past. Right now the essential political task is to stop 'discussing' whether the wiretapping was necessary, and start using the work 'illegal' whenever mentioning a Bush/Cheney action. There is no doubt the wiretapping was illegal; dressing it up in "necessity" is camouflage.
If the wiretapping was necessary, the the President is empowered to perform necessary acts during wartime, how could it be illegal? Maybe there's some other "law" you think was "clearly broken" many times by both Bush & Cheney -- care to cite to a specific Code section -- then we can get into your allegation about the entire nature of American political reality has been turned sideways "mentally/emotionally".
Charles, my point was that Cheney is flouting executive orders and law based on a fallacious claim of not being part of the executive. What branch of the government do you think the OVP is part of?
But, then again, we probably need to define "OVP". If I was forced to make a choice, I think the Vice President himself is part of the Legislative branch -- just Constitutionally speaking, that's where the Vice President's powers are VESTED -- as President of the Senate, that's where he gets his salary. But that artificial choice is about the same as "Yes or no: have you stopped beating your wife?" My best answer is that the Vice President is not exclusively within the Executive or Legislative branch. Cheney's employees within the Executive branch need to abide by all the rules intended to affect those in the Executive branch. Cheney does, however, employ staff who are cross-over / Senate employees and therefore not in the Executive branch.
I hope that helps clarify my position.
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Legislators also took action to reduce the state sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to a flat 5 percent mark. The bill, recently signed by Gov. Bill Haslam, is expected to save Tennessee taxpayers about $25 million.
State lawmakers are also continuing work to completely phase out Tennessee's so-called death tax by 2016. According to published summaries of General Assembly actions, the Legislature's Republican "super-majority" argues the death tax "... breaks up family farms and small businesses, forcing families to make tough decisions during what is often the most difficult times in their lives: the passing of a loved one."
Proponents of phasing out the death tax say Tennessee families are "... faced with selling off parts of farms and land or closing a small, family-owned business in order to pay the tax bill." The full repeal of the death tax is expected to represent a $94.6 million tax cut, according to published reports out of Nashville.
Brooks supported each of these tax reductions or eliminations. He told Cleveland Lions Club members he held similar views on the Hall income tax — imposed on income derived from interest on bonds, notes and stock dividends — which generates about $186 million used to help local city and county governments. However, because of the cuts' negative impact on local governments, Brooks could not see the bill through to its maximum. State legislators will further work the Hall income tax in future sessions.
Brooks defended his decision to back off the Hall income tax for now by quoting a former colleague, Dewayne Bunch, a Cleveland Republican who served as state representative and senator, who once advised the 24th Legislative District representative to "Do no harm" while serving in Nashville.
"You don't want to hurt jobs, you don't want to hurt your constituents ... you don't want to hurt Tennesseans' income," Brooks said. "As it is in now, I could not run that bill (Hall income tax) because it would have done great harm [to local governments, including Cleveland and Bradley County]."
Describing himself as "never politically correct," a feature for which he is identified by those who know him best, Brooks told Lions members, "I am unapologetically a man of faith." He said his legislative service to Tennessee residents is made possible by his employer — the Church of God International Offices — which allows him to split his time between his Cleveland-based duties and his Nashville responsibilities.
For the past couple of legislative sessions, Brooks has served as assistant majority leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives. One of the position's roles is to serve as direct liaison between the state House and the governor's office. The duties have given him the chance to work closely with Haslam and his administration.
He referred to the governor using a code name, "RD."
"It stands for Real Deal," Brooks said. "That's what his staff and I refer to him as because he is the Real Deal. I can't tell you how astonishing it is to serve under such a governor. He makes decisions that are right ... and that are not politically correct. Sometimes they're not too popular, but he does it because it's the right thing to do."
Brooks also praised the work of Speaker of the House Beth Harwell, R-Nashville, who he said committed to wrapping up legislative sessions earlier. In past years, legislators have still been on the job in Nashville in May and June, and one year it extended into July, Brooks said. This year, Harwell pounded the gavel to close the House session on April 19.
"It is wonderful to be part of an effective Legislature in an effective state that has good, godly men and women," Brooks said.
Tennessee is also what's right with America because of companies like Whirlpool, Wacker, Amazon and Volkswagen that have chosen to make their homes here, Brooks said.
He also pointed to last week's actions in Nashville by Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer who signed the awarding of two major road projects in Bradley County that have led the way in local headlines for the past year and beyond.
Long-sought improvements to the Interstate 75 Exit 20 interchange — one of the state's latest so-called "malfunction junctions" — were given their biggest boost yet when the TDOT leader awarded a $12 million contract to Simpson Construction Co. of Cleveland. Work is expected to begin within the next few weeks, and Brooks is elated.
The project will include the rebuilding of the APD 40 bridge across the interstate.
"It will be six lanes across ... bigger than the Hamilton Place bridge," Brooks told Lions. "It will be phenomenal. I am so excited."
The TDOT commissioner's authorizing signature also included the widening of the growingly congested Durkee Road between Highway 64 and Benton Pike. The narrow connector road has become even busier with the opening of the Whirlpool Cleveland Division manufacturing plant and Factory Distribution Center near the junction of Benton Pike and Michigan Avenue Road.
In a brief Q&A, Brooks fielded a question that is often the centerpiece of discussion in describing the relationship between the states and Washington, D.C.
A Lions Club member asked if states could combine their respective strengths as leverage in forcing congressional leaders to operate in a more fiscally responsible manner; that is, to balance the federal budget and to require it consistently by way of a constitutional amendment.
"We (states) continue to send our resolutions to Washington urging them to balance the budget ... to add a constitutional amendment for a balanced budget," Brooks replied. He admitted, " ... but it's difficult."
The reason is because by their very nature constitutional amendments are difficult ... because they involve the Constitution, Brooks explained. He used a Tennessee example: House Joint Resolution 126 which, if enacted, would make abortions illegal in Tennessee. HJR 126 has been debated for seven years without a resolution yet, he said. That's because it involves a constitutional amendment, Brooks noted.
Of America's, and Tennessee's, frustrations at the growing federal deficit, the Cleveland legislator called on individual citizens to join the cause in getting the message to Washington.
He said spending habits in the nation's capitol won't change, "Until Clevelanders ... then blow that up to Tennesseans ... then blow that up to Americans, realize the importance of their participation — not just at the ballot box but lending your voice, letting them hear from you."
Brooks added, "They need to know that you are fed up with the status quo ... that we will no longer accept that as an excuse."
Although the state legislator's message sometimes veered from "What's Right With America," Brooks pointed to the irony: that it is Americans' frustration, and their right to voice themselves, that is a strength to this country.
"Americans are fed up," he acknowledged. "I hear it. It's astonishing how many people stop me [to voice their concerns]."
Yet, in an odd twist, the right to vent and the ability to demand better from government leaders is "What's Right With America," he suggested.
But defining that right starts with the individual whether it's in Cleveland, Nashville or any corner of the United States ... or in Washington, D.C., Brooks stressed.
Paralleling his role as state legislator to a postal carrier, Brooks said he once told a young student in an area school in answer to her question about his state lawmaking job, "I take your letters, your notes and your phone calls, and I deliver them to Nashville."
The same is done at the national level by U.S. Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, and U.S. Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Scott DesJarlais, Brooks said. But before they can understand the message of their constituents, they must receive the same kinds of letters, notes and phone calls that state lawmakers receive, Brooks stressed.
And when this happens, and provided it happens consistently, then that's "What's Right With America," he suggested.


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The though occured to me while reading a different thread about how far FFG intends this game to encompass the SW universe. Will the game be focused on the original triliogy, will future expansions introduce the prequels, or even the Expanded Universe to the game? How will that affect players' perceptions of this game.
If we look at the A Game of Thrones LCG, for the first 6 years of the game, it focused exclusively on the characters and events of the series. Then they started to introduce characters that died years before the books began, and this upset some players. It took away from the idea that people were playing out the setting in the story. How can characters whose deaths were responsible for the current settting still be actively engaged in controlling that setting? Over time that sentiment has passed, but it was a big issue when it first happened, and still irks some players.
Now, the SW universe is huge. There is cannon that involved thousands of years of history. How will that be represented in this game? Should the game focus exclusively on just the original trilogy, or are we going to see Padme' hanging out with Luke and Leia? And Leia's children? Or any of the characters from KotR?
I tend to think that, for the most part, this game will focus primarily on the OT, though it may encorporate pieces from the fiction that took place in that time. If the focus is Rebels vs. Empire, it's not like they have much of a choice (although one could argue that Thrawn(?) could still be part of this universe).
So what about the rest of the SW:EU? Perhaps there will be future deluxe expansion or cycles that focus on particular settings, or we'll see different card games that focus on them. That's sort of the big question, isn't it? There is just so much to this universe, how do you settle on what to include?
And there is one more thing to consider here: does FFG have the rights/ability to add to the EU? Is it possible that part of their license could allow them to create new material for the universe that, at least in a general way, is part of the cannon? Or at least, acceptable in this format? Imagine the creative team at FFG designing a whole new set of characters and missions that occured outside of known events but are completely reasonabe to have occured in the setting. I hope that this last part is true, because I would desperately love to see more options for this game than just having to follow what has come before.


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Oh, I guess about a 7 or so.
An 8. Loved him in Skins.
I don't think he's homely, he just doesn't do anything for me.
I think he's cute, but he's not the type of guy that I'm typically interested in physically.
He's a 5 in my book. The pose honestly doesn't do him any service though.
cotton, i love you breh BUT you're obsession with this guy is over the top.
i think nick hoult is really cute. he's very underrated.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
Not because he's unattractive, just very uninteresting to me.
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I agree with the person who said 4
I was going to give him an 8, but then I saw CupidBoy. Now he's a 2.
Peter Pan (Question mark)
I like Peter Pan type-guys. I like it when guys are skinny and tall, wears thick glasses, and have braces (my type). Nick and Leo are my type in terms of looks.
I know most of JUB likes the really large, and muscled sort, but I like a guy I`m able to hold and hug.
I know I've said it here before, but I'd seriously marry Marlon Brando if he were gay, alive, interested, and preferably in his late twenties/early thirties...>_>. Gene Kelly, too (though not at the same time ).
I'd give him an 8. I've always thought he was pretty hot.
zero or less ...
but you/JUB proved there are types for everybody once again
He looks like a pixie.
4.5 The low score is mainly because he is not my type.
Eternal youth and endless life. I'll sacrifice everything and everyone to obtain it
I'd rate him a 9.
I couldn't get my mind off you all day.
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2. Too twinky, too much androgyny, and though this is shallow, I simply despise his hair.
"As anarchism rears its face,
They are answered by an iron fist..."
i think this thread is proof that beauty is subjective which goes back to something that you said awhile ago cotton about how people can basically control how attractive they look. it's out of their reach. what you may think is hot may get other people cold.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
5. Doesn't do anything for me, but he's not ugly.
Nicholas Hoult is an A-class actor and a solid 9! So judgmental over one photo without knowing who the heck you're talking about! Sheesh
Feel silly now?
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I recently wrote about the tremendous backlog of patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Indeed, with a backlog of over 700,000 patent applications, investors have become frustrated with long processing times. Yet, as I was writing about the PTO budget, the U.S. Senate was considering a major reform of the patenting process.
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While the interesting series of lectures and panel discussions were held at the main seminar room, in the smaller meeting rooms were presentations of shortlisted projects. Each project was presented to, and then critiqued by a group of juries in twenty minute intervals. On the third day, category winning schemes were presented in the main seminar room.
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The NTI/API features the latest advances and research about practice, technology and healthcare delivery in high acuity and critical care practice, professional development, current issues and emerging trends.
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Before writing your abstract please read this entire document and review the online submission form. AACN highly recommends you then write, proof and save your abstract in a Word document first. This will save you time, ensure the character count and spelling are correct and will avoid the session timing out on you causing you to begin all over again. Then copy and paste from your Word document into the appropriate fields on the form.
Preconferences: Offered on Saturday and Sunday before the NTI/API main conference begins. Three- or six-hour sessions provide broad coverage of a topic reflecting focused state of the art content (e.g., pain management, shock, trauma, patient-focused care, pharmacology). Faculty should allow one-third to one-half time for interactive exchange. Attendee preregistration required.
Concurrent Sessions: Offered on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Abstracts are assigned as either a 60- or 75-minute session when accepted by the API/NTI Program Planning Committee. Content should be designed to accommodate either session length.
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Prerequisite: Include any minimum knowledge and/or skills required to most benefit from this session (i.e. basic knowledge of 12 Lead ECG).
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Don't expect Jesse Jackson Jr. back in Congress: sources
BY NATASHA KORECKI Political Reporter firstname.lastname@example.com November 14, 2012 12:48PM
Alderman Sandi Jackson leaves her home in South Shore. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
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Congress met Tuesday but U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was a no-show, a continued absence from his official duties that began June 10.
Several political sources close to Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday they no longer believe this is temporary — they do not expect Jackson to return to his position.
That's after Jackson checked in and out of Mayo Clinic for bipolar depression as well as a revelation that he is under federal investigation, attempting to negotiate a plea deal and has hired one of the highest profile attorneys in Chicago — onetime U.S. attorney Dan Webb.
Still, members of the Illinois delegation did not bring up his name Wednesday when Democrats met on the first day of a lame-duck session.
"It's hard to imagine him coming back at this point but I suppose anything's possible," said U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill). "I think that this will be coming to a head very soon, it's just my hunch as this is playing out… I'll leave it to the voters of the district to figure out how that happens. I do think this will be coming to a head soon."
Quigley noted that "every vote in Congress matters" particularly with the Fiscal Cliff issues that members are poised to tackle.
"I wouldn't want to dash Jesse Jackson Jr. back onto the floor of the House until he was ready to be there," said U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill).
Asked whether the district had reached the point where Jackson needed to step down and a special election be held, Davis said: "I think we will get to that point. I don't think, it's pretty obvious we haven't necessarily gotten to that point. Nobody can demand that the congressman do something. And there's no such thing as recall in the state of Illinois. I think we have to wait. But I also think we have to give enough time."
Gov. Pat Quinn said Jackson should address his constituents.
"I really feel he should address the people of his district about the situation and I think that's the appropriate thing to do," Quinn said.
When asked specifically if Jackson should step down, Quinn said, "Well I think he should address the people of his district and tell them what's going on."
The Sun-Times first reported last month that before Jackson left Congress in June, the FBI in the Washington D.C. field office had been investigating Jackson due to alleged "suspicious activity" of how he used his campaign funds. Sources said that the investigation has raised questions about to what extent his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th) knew about the alleged improper activity. Sandi Jackson's firm, Donatella & Associates, was paid about $100,000 over the last two years out of her husband's campaign fund as a "consultant."
Jackson's most recent federal election disclosures show that his campaign committee paid $3,000 to Whitney Burns, a consultant sometimes described as a "political campaign bean counter" who specializes in federal election campaign compliance.
Reached Wednesday, Burns refused to talk about Jackson.
"The work I do is confidential. I just generally don't discuss my work with reporters unless my client asks me to discuss (something)," Burns told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I have a policy going back 30 years not to discuss my clients."
Last week, the Sun-Times reported that Jackson was attempting to negotiate a deal with authorities — something that was not disclosed prior to the Nov. 6 election when voters of the 2nd Congressional district overwhelmingly voted him back into office.
Webb could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Tuesday announced he was no longer being housed at the facility. However, he continues receiving treatment for depression on an outpatient basis.
On Tuesday, Jackson was paid a visit by his father and mother but his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, was in Chicago and appeared surprised by the news that her husband was released from the clinic.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday he was not with his son.
"No, no, no I'm in New York. I'm in New York in a meeting," he said before hanging up.
Jackson's congressional office had no update.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez did not want to enter the fray: "Everybody said everything. What is there for me to say? I'm not a piling-on kind of guy. I've always liked Jesse and I wish him the best."
Gutierrez, a vocal leader on immigration reform, became the veteran member of the Illinois delegation, having been a member for 20 years. Gutierrez said his aim is to have an immigration reform bill ready to go in January. President Barack Obama, in his first news conference Wednesday, mentioned immigration reform as a priority.
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I follow a lot of Bay Area sports people on Twitter so I've been reading a lot about the 49ers search for a new General Manager. Today, the team president stated that the search will continue until the "right person" is found (you can read the Comcast SportsNet story here). Well, Jed York, the right person is sitting right here!
I love the 49ers so much that I wore a hat with their logo when I got my picture taken with the World Series trophy. Never mind that this photo appears to the right without the hat.
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5. I have the GM drawl totally down. It includes elongating the vowels in organization so it sounds something like, "oorgiinizaaatiooon".
4. I know a lot about football. I mean, I've watched enough bad fashion shows to know how a linebacker walks.
3. I would turn the 'Stick into a luxury resort to watch the games from. Complete with fake suns for perfect weather all year round and swimming pools to watch games from. And we would sell martinis instead of beer. While we might alienate most of the fan base, I bet we'd get some new fans.
2. I, um, really love football. Especially, um, the 49ers. And I have lots of stupid jokes about the team digging for gold up my sleeve. And I would personally sing the first verse of Oh My Darling Clementine before each game. (In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner forty niner, And his daughter Clementine…)
1. I would change my name to Rectangle Girl even though that's really lame because I want this job so much.
Who is utterly convinced I am the right choice and will get the job? Positivity only, people. Positivity only.
Diamo- – oh, sorry. Right. Rectangle Girl