Thread: Obama Has Chosen HIMSELF as Chairman of UN UNCONSTITUTIONAL

While We Were Looking The Other Way–Obama To Be First President To Chair UN Security Council

September 9, 2009

Some unprecedented news today, folks. Never in the history of the United Nations has a U.S. President taken the chairmanship of the powerful UN Security Council. Perhaps it is because of what could arguably be a Constitutional prohibition against doing so. To wit: Section 9 of the Constitution says:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

The UN has a standing military force, we are held to it’s global policies, and we have an Ambassador to the UN just as we do to other foreign States. Clearly the argument can be made that the UN can be considered a foreign State. Our heads of State don’t serve at the UN, Ambassadors do.

Nonetheless, the rotating chairmanship of the UN Security Council goes to the U.S. this month. The normal course of business would have U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice take the gavel. However, this time will be different. Constitution be damned, Barack Hussein Obama has decided to put HIMSELF in the drivers seat, and will preside over global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament talks slated to begin September 24th. The Financial Times says:

Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Council.

The topic for the summit-level session of the council on September 24 is nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament – one of several global challenges that the US now wants to see addressed at a multinational level.

UN officials also hope a climate change debate on September 22 will give fresh impetus to the search for a global climate deal at Copenhagen in December. There are also hopes a possible meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president, that Mr. Obama would host, could lead to a breakthrough about a timetable for Middle East peace.

Here is what the UN Security Council does. Picture Obama as the Chair of this committee with this power.

Under the UN Charter, the functions and powers of the Security Council are:

* to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations;
* to investigate any dispute or situation which might lead to international friction;
* to recommend methods of adjusting such disputes or the terms of settlement;
* to formulate plans for the establishment of a system to regulate armaments;
* to determine the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression and to recommend what action should be taken;
* to call on Members to apply economic sanctions and other measures not involving the use of force to prevent or stop aggression;
* to take military action against an aggressor;
* to recommend the admission of new Members;
* to exercise the trusteeship functions of the United Nations in “strategic areasâ€

Like I always say, pay attention to what Obama DOES.

Or perhaps, pay attention to what the Congress does not do.

Geez .. and Obama was supposedly a Constitutional Law Professor. I guess he forgot to read it.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MW ... NkNWUyOTU=

This article within the above article that was posted first, states Obama was to preside at this meeting of the UN in Sept. before the meeting in Copenhagen in Dec.2009

I didn't hear anything about this. Did anyone else?

Originally Posted by Judy

Geez .. and Obama was supposedly a Constitutional Law Professor. I guess he forgot to read it.

Naaaahhh Judy, it gives him all kinds of ideas how to stretch and bend it to "His" will, and if "He" decides to run roughshod over it, well that's o.k., as "He" is the chosen and annointed one.

Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

Originally Posted by Judy

Geez .. and Obama was supposedly a Constitutional Law Professor. I guess he forgot to read it.

Naaaahhh Judy, it gives him all kinds of ideas how to stretch and bend it to "His" will, and if "He" decides to run roughshod over it, well that's o.k., as "He" is the chosen and annointed one.

Yeah ... I think that's what he thinks.

Section 9 of the Constitution says:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Does this mean that Wonder Boy cannot be king of the world? Where are the Obamabots?

Originally Posted by Judy

Geez .. and Obama was supposedly a Constitutional Law Professor. I guess he forgot to read it.

How do we know he had the credentials to be a professor of law? Obama had all of his records sealed. From kindergarten through law school. Anyone can get a phoney degree and hang it on the wall.

Originally Posted by butterbean

Originally Posted by Judy

Geez .. and Obama was supposedly a Constitutional Law Professor. I guess he forgot to read it.

How do we know he had the credentials to be a professor of law? Obama had all of his records sealed. From kindergarten through law school. Anyone can get a phoney degree and hang it on the wall.

We don't actually know.