Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel The current administration seems willing to subvert the Constitution of the United States at every opportunity, as it did once again in making “recess appointments” Wednesday when Congress was not even in recess! Americans MUST protest this kind of arrogant abuse. I hope you will stand with Liberty Counsel throughout the pivotal year of 2012 and join us in exposing and confronting tyrannical acts like this one. Please read my vital message below – Mat. Jack,
Wednesday, in one of four highly controversial “recess appointments,” President Obama sidestepped Congress and appointed Richard Cordray to head the newly invented Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In making the announcement in Cleveland, the President said, “When Congress refuses to act…and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them.” Of course, presidents do have the power to make “recess appointments” when Congress is not in session, and administrations from both parties have used this provision to get around congressional approval processes. But the problem with this latest arrogant abuse of power by the Obama Administration is that Congress wasn’t even in recess! Mr. President, you swore an oath to follow the laws laid out in the Constitution of the United States of America! Liberty Counsel joins the chorus of protest against this latest outrageous abuse of power! ++Strong backlash against blatant power grab.
Even though the leadership of the House took specific precautions to formally keep the current session open and prevent President Obama from making a group of recess appointments, he did it anyway.
Speaker of the House John Boehner immediately condemned the President’s actions: “This is an extraordinary and entirely unprecedented power grab by President Obama that defies centuries of practice and the legal advice of his own Justice Department.” I recall conservative columnist Kyle-Ann Shiver’s observation that Barack Obama’s central campaign pledge was to fundamentally transform the United States of America, and that his agenda has never changed: “The remaking of America was and still is the goal of the Obama presidency. By hook and by crook, whether through gargantuan bills passed against the will of the people with aid and abetment from bribes, kickbacks, and corporatist maneuvers, or through the bypassing of Congress with agency regulations, this president has both his mind and his heart set on making America into the ‘world as it should be.’” ++Liberty Counsel is uniquely positioned to derail the radical Left’s agenda.
As 2012 begins, it is already proving to be a “year of destiny” for the values and institutions Liberty Counsel promotes and defends, including the Constitution of the United States!
This year, we expect previously unimaginable attacks on our freedom of speech, our freedom of association, and the rights of religious groups to address the issues of our day in public forums. It is as though “open season” has been declared on every American’s constitutional rights!
We need you to stand with Liberty Counsel in 2012 to defend freedom as never before! Can I count on you?
++2012 roll call of those who will fight for liberty
Jack, I am asking for a very simple commitment. Please tell me that you will be standing with us this year.
We are taking a “roll call” and must know who will stand for liberty, life, and family with Liberty Counsel in this momentous year.
Simply for saying, “Mat, you can count on me,” I will be honored to send you a Liberty Counsel 2012 Membership Card. This year, affiliation with our pro-life, pro-freedom, pro-family public interest law firm is going to bring more value to our Members than ever before. Click here for easy registration:
www.libertyaction.org/341/petition.asp
++This is our time to stand for true liberty!
Right now, our nation is at a crossroads.
By joining with Liberty Counsel in 2012, you are answering a call to active citizenship – a call that requires each of us to put aside apathy and to commit (or, hopefully recommit) ourselves to fight for our God-given liberties. We are called to influence civil government through prayer and action so that we can, “lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:2). We MUST advance! We cannot remain “status quo,” and by no means can we lose ground!
As we enter 2012, we face “America’s Year of Decision.” We need to stop the anti-American policies we have witnessed over the past three years and restore the Constitution and adherence to the first principles that made America great!
In fact, we believe the Members of the Liberty Counsel team are among the best-informed citizens in the nation as Liberty Counsel grows and meets the heightened challenges of 2012.
Will you stand with Liberty Counsel? Click here to join us and to see your exclusive membership card:
www.libertyaction.org/341/petition.asp
Thank you in advance for responding. Your Liberty Counsel membership will keep you in the forefront of information and provide many opportunities to leverage citizen action during what will surely prove to be one of the most important years in our nation’s history!
God bless you,
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. While the President and other politicians ramp up the rhetoric for their 2012 election campaigns, this year promises to be a year like no other – with more key battles in defense of marriage, more opportunities to advance the cause of life, and more challenges to keeping the door open for the Gospel than in any previous year.
Please go here to stand with us:
www.libertyaction.org/341/petition.asp
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