ABC accuses President Obama of lawlessness
ABC accuses President Obama of encouraging lawlessness at home and abroad.
“There is no department of law in President Obama’s White House,” said ABC’s Kate Snow in a scathing editorial on Monday. Snow compared the White House’s lawless behavior with that of states such as Alaska, whose Department of Law works closely with the governor to “ensure fair and impartial administration of the law for all Americans”.
According to Snow, President Obama’s only legal advice comes from the “tax cheats and frauds” heading his cabinet-level departments.
Snow repeated her “curious comment about the ‘Dept of Law’ at the WH” on the social network site Twitter.
Snow’s accusations of unlawful behavior domestically come when the President is also accused of encouraging unlawful behavior abroad. In Iran, the President is accused of supporting ballot fraud on the part of Iranian President Mahmoud Amadinejad, and in Honduras he supports the unlawful behaviors of President Mel Zelaya.
Honduras’s constitution, like the United States constitution, limits presidents to two terms of office. Zelaya’s attempt to extend his stay to three terms was ruled illegal by the Honduran Supreme Court, and he was then replaced by the Honduran legislature.
President Obama has spoken in favor of restoring Zelaya to power against the wishes of the Honduran courts and legislature. He has also voiced opposition to sanctions on Iran following the Iranian government’s fraud-filled election.
In her ABC editorial, Snow accused the president of ethical violations. “There is no law in the White House,” she said. “There is no one to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior while the president condones it.”
Snow praised the Alaskan model. “I think the federal government has a lot to learn from Alaska’s ‘Department of Law’,” she said. “America is supposed to be a country of justice for all. The federal government needs a cabinet-level department of law… a department of justice for all Americans.”
- State of Alaska Department of Law
- “The Department of Law is part of the executive branch of Alaska state government. The attorney general is the principal executive officer of the department, and is appointed by the governor of Alaska. The attorney general serves as the legal advisor for the governor and other state officers, prosecutes all violations of state criminal law, and enforces the consumer protection and unfair trade practices laws.”
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- "I think on a national level, your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out," she said. There is no "Department of Law" at the White House.
- United States Department of Justice
- “To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.”
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- Honduras defends its democracy: Fausta at Fausta’s Blog
- “Zelaya couldn’t get the ballots printed in Honduras since the referendum had been pronounced illegal by the country’s Supreme Court AND the electoral board. So Zelaya had the ballots printed in Venezuela and flown in. The Supreme Court instructed the military (who would be the ones doing the job) NOT to distribute the ballots to the polling stations. Zelaya then led thousands of supporters to recover the material from an air force warehouse before it could be confiscated. His supporters broke into the military installation where the ballots were kept.”
- Obama blocking more sanctions on Iran?: Ed Morrissey at Hot Air
- “While the rest of the world wants to get tough on Iran, creating more internal pressure on the mullahs by increasing their isolation, Obama wants to allow them to suffer no consequences at all for their oppression and to strip the opposition of a legitimate issue—that the mullahs have made Iran a pariah nation.”