Three Undemocratic Temptations – by Tony Blankley | FrontPage Magazine

Three Undemocratic Temptations – by Tony Blankley | FrontPage Magazine: "As the Democrats in Congress approach the end of a frustrating first year’s legislative effort, their leaders and the White House are being tempted by three possible shortcuts around the regular lawmaking process.

Though the Democrats have a majority of 20 seats in the Senate and 79 seats in the House, now, just a week before Christmas, the speaker of the House, the Senate majority leader and the White House have failed — so far — to pass into law their desired legislation in the matters of 1) health care provision and financing, 2) public debt and deficit reduction, and 3) carbon regulation and taxation.

Given the extraordinary effects such policy changes would have on the American economy and the American way of life, to enact such changes without benefit of informed majority votes in the House and Senate would be in violation of the constitutional process — certainly in spirit, perhaps in form."