Thread: Experts Don't Find Legal Issue with Policy Czar

Experts don't find issue with policy czar

UPI

Published: Oct. 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's use of policy "czars" is legal, provided the advisers don't overreach their authority, constitutional experts said at a Senate hearing.

Congressional members from both sides of the aisle have complained about Obama's use of the appointed czars to coordinate departments on issues such as the environment and healthcare. They have sent letters to the White House saying they think appointing the such high-level advisers skirts the Senate's confirmation process as outlined in the Constitution.

But five constitutional experts testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution Tuesday concluded the president has the right to appoint independent advisers, the Los Angeles Times reported.

"The president's personal staff are independently responsible only to the president -- and in the end he is the only czar that is," said Bradley H. Patterson, a presidential scholar. "And he is accountable to the American electorate."

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, among the lawmakers questioning the czars, said in a statement the issue was not dead. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where she is the ranking GOP member, scheduled a similar hearing next week.

"The appointments of so many czars have muddied the waters, causing confusion and risking miscommunication going forward," Collins said.

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I saw some of this on C-Span, we all know that this is a sham. Our constitution would never allow the president to hire a group of communists, socialist and/or fascist to be given positions of power over the American people. The Czars are accountable only to obama? Why?


PS
It seems the media knows something about the gov't push for illegals, I've been seeing more and more TV shows that either teach spanish
( using cartoon figures like big bird,etc) and/or talk about hispanic issues ( that's what they call them but they are actually illegals getting amnesty issues).

PS2
I also have been seeing more and more TV ads about Americorp. The commercials have hip music and use colorful and trendy designs to push forward their agenda. Amerocorp=part of obama's civilian army to perhaps, be used against us at some point in time.

provided the advisers don't overreach their authority

Shouldn't this apply to Janet Nappy too? I'm still amazed how she has been allowed to 'adjust' a constitutional law. 287(g)