Monday, February 09, 2009

White House Census Power Grab May Violate the Constitution

White House Census Power Grab May Violate the Constitution
"Here's an argument that it's unconstitutional for the president to take over the Census from the secretary of commerce.

It goes like this: Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution provides for an 'actual enumeration' and a statute passed by Congress provides that the duties under this clause are to be performed by the secretary of commerce.

Article I (as Joseph Biden didn't know in debate) is about the legislative, not the executive branch.

Hence, it is argued, the president can't substitute a sampling for the enumeration required to be done by the secretary."

And the outrage from the liberal media............

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