How many of you think what Pelosi and the other reps did was unconstitutional?

Question

How many do not care if it was, becuase the ends justify the means?

Answer 1

Congress has the power and the duty to:

"To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

Answer 2

The "war" was unconstitutional as it was not declared. Those in congress don't care about declarations anymore. That way, it's more of the president's fault if something goes awry. Pork barreling needs to stop, but you're missing the whole point of the unconstitutional war to begin with.

Answer 3

This is an easy question to answer. Where in the constitution does it prohibit what Pelosi did? Nowhere.

So what she did is not unconstitutional.

Answer 4

It wasn't unconstitutional; and the prerogative as leader of her political party; to engage in diplomacy with foreign nations. Besides, people who are inform know that the Speaker of the House is within her limits.

The only problem stems from the White House; where failed "Cowboy Diplomacy" has continued to be the norm.

Answer 5

All citizens are allowed to travel. Did you know that the current administration gave her a briefing before she left? Doesn't sound to me like they didn't want her to go.

Answer 6

What, specifically, would that be?

If you're talking about her ill-advised trip to Syria, I'd say no. There's no violation of the law of any type there, although she did it just to spite President Bush. But as for it being unconstitutional, I don't see how it could be.

Answer 7

???

Show me in the Constitution where it prohibits a citizen, or even a Congress-person from travelling?

Were the Republican Congressmen who preceded her also behaving unconstitutionally?

Is every Congress person who has ever traveled to another country unconstitutional?

Or only when it's someone Mad King George doesn't like, going to a country he doesn't want them to go to?

Answer 8

It's not unconstitutional, it is diplomacy, something Bush knows nothing about.

Answer 9

Well there isnt anything in our laws that says they can't go over there and act outside of their elected duties unfortunately , that im aware of at least.

Answer 10

What specifically are you talking about?

Spending bill-- certainly constitutional. Wise-- debatable.