Rule of Law? Independent Judiciary? Not for Obama
In what may be a sign of things to come and is a sign of the attitude of the current administration, the United States is currently heavily pressuring the independent judiciary of Honduras to violate their own constitution.
It is doing this because the current administration does not like the ruling handed down by the independent judiciary of a sovereign democracy. The Honduran Supreme Court found President Zelaya to be in violation of that nations constitution on a number of fronts. He was thus removed from power.
The United States is calling this a "coup." The administration, particularly Hillary and Obama, are pressuring the court to break their own constitution and re-instate President Zelaya. Obama instructed Hillary to punish the judiciary of Honduras because they followed the rule of law rather than his wishes. Say much for his belief in the rule of law? Say much for his belief in democracy? Or for that matter, his own infallibility?
At the same time all this is going on, the Congressional Research Service has come out with a non-partisan review of the facts: "Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system."
The important takeaway here is that we should all be building forts in Montana and stockpiling large caliber weapons. Actually, no. And I dont believe in the right to bear arms. But all that said it is actions like this which make me more sympathetic to those who see the fight as the people vs. the govt.
The independence of the judiciary and the rule of law are two of the most fundamental principles of modern democracy, without them, we could not and would not have the United States. And right now we have President and Secretary of State who are doing everything they can to abolish those principles in a neighboring democracy.
It is doing this because the current administration does not like the ruling handed down by the independent judiciary of a sovereign democracy. The Honduran Supreme Court found President Zelaya to be in violation of that nations constitution on a number of fronts. He was thus removed from power.
The United States is calling this a "coup." The administration, particularly Hillary and Obama, are pressuring the court to break their own constitution and re-instate President Zelaya. Obama instructed Hillary to punish the judiciary of Honduras because they followed the rule of law rather than his wishes. Say much for his belief in the rule of law? Say much for his belief in democracy? Or for that matter, his own infallibility?
At the same time all this is going on, the Congressional Research Service has come out with a non-partisan review of the facts: "Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system."
The important takeaway here is that we should all be building forts in Montana and stockpiling large caliber weapons. Actually, no. And I dont believe in the right to bear arms. But all that said it is actions like this which make me more sympathetic to those who see the fight as the people vs. the govt.
The independence of the judiciary and the rule of law are two of the most fundamental principles of modern democracy, without them, we could not and would not have the United States. And right now we have President and Secretary of State who are doing everything they can to abolish those principles in a neighboring democracy.
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