In the "Slaughter Solution," Nancy Pelosi is importing from the Illinois statehouse Barack Obama's signature legislative cowardice, the non-vote. This self preservation by way of non-representative irresponsibility violates the Constitution: This two-votes-in-one gambit is a brazen affront to the plain language of the Constitution, which is intended to require democratic accountability. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution says that in order for a "Bill" to "become a Law," it "shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate."Set concepts, such as constitutionality and responsibility, tend to unsettle liberals; so let's try hypocrisy, the cardinal sin for those of no fixed standards. The hypocrisy of the "Slaughter Solution" is that during their last elections, without fail, each and every US House member averred, promised, pledged and begged to "represent the people of this district".It is unarguable...(Read Full Post)