tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7269331533004217566..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Perry persists in paltry, pusillanimous pardon policyGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82624500239577907992011-12-27T22:04:49.460-06:002011-12-27T22:04:49.460-06:00Hey Texas. You're village idiot is loose and w...Hey Texas. You're village idiot is loose and wandering around. Please come get him.Charlie 0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14669127425188279762011-12-25T17:19:09.828-06:002011-12-25T17:19:09.828-06:00Wow Anonymous,
You apparently didn't look at...Wow Anonymous, <br /><br />You apparently didn't look at 4 U.S.C. Section 101, or you do not read very well. Admittedly in my last post I paraphrased by saying his lack of Oath bars him from "entering into" rather that from "execute(ing) the duties of his Office". Let's just say he cannot legally function as Governor without complying, unless he is above the law.<br /><br />Incidentally, there is abundant Texas "case law" that says the acts of a Judge who has not taken the Texas Constitutional Oath word for work and in a timely fashion are VOID. It is a requirement of office.<br /><br />Here is 4 U.S.C. Section 101<br /><br /> Every member of a State legislature, and every executive and<br />judicial officer of a State, shall, before he proceeds to execute<br />the duties of his office, take an oath in the following form, to<br />wit: "I, A B, do solemnly swear that I will support the<br />Constitution of the United States."<br /><br />IN THE FORM FOLLOWING, TO WIT: "to wit" is somewhat archaic legal language still seen sometimes in Statutes, Court Opinions and other legal matters...that means more or less; "namely, or just like this", as in one case I read, where it said "the defendant committed murder with a deadly weapon, to wit: a knife". Meaning, not a gun, not a club, not poison...a knife.<br /><br />I typed that last post in a hurry and did not verify the EXACT language of the Oath...but Perry and all other State Officials are required to take the EXACT Oath above and Perry and certain others I have checked have not...and certain ones I have confronted and asked to comply have refused...why is that Anonymous? Are our Officials above the law?<br /><br />Daniel SimonDaniel Simonhttp://www.wilcoshysterbuster.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57980800526485865142011-12-25T11:51:47.654-06:002011-12-25T11:51:47.654-06:00Daniel:
Neither of the USC sections you cited bar...Daniel:<br /><br />Neither of the USC sections you cited bar anyone from entering the duties of the person's office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74947161549311916732011-12-24T15:06:20.915-06:002011-12-24T15:06:20.915-06:00I was disappointed that Perry didn't pardon an...I was disappointed that Perry didn't pardon anyone for anything other than trivial crap. He could have shown a sense of fairness if he'd selected a few cases where people had either been convicted under dubious or improper conditions, or he could have opted to take a few people who've gone on to do heroic things and yet still have a felony conviction.<br /><br />I guess being too much of a politician means he thinks people will label him "soft" for being fair.Kevin Stouwienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23827058690368009582011-12-24T14:06:54.961-06:002011-12-24T14:06:54.961-06:00Merry Christmas, Scott, to you and your family.
S....Merry Christmas, Scott, to you and your family.<br />S. LoweryAngeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00323251252533007308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84538643509395811172011-12-24T12:38:03.306-06:002011-12-24T12:38:03.306-06:00Grits,
A little interesting history for you.
As ...Grits,<br /><br />A little interesting history for you.<br /><br />As part of the original writing of the United States Constitution, the founders included Art. VI, Clause II and III, the first being the "supremacy clause" the second and Oath requirement banning "religious tests". (I have no problem with religion by the way)<br /><br />When the first Congress of the United States came into session for the very first time, their first piece of legislation was 1 Stat. 23<br /><br /> http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large/Volume_1/1st_Congress/1st_Session/Chapter_1<br /><br />The law requires a a separate and specifically word Oath of Loyalty to the Federal Constitution...to be taken and filed along with the State Oath of Office.<br /><br />Today, the language of the Oath itself is found at 4 U.S.C. Section 101 and the filing requirement at 4 U.S.C. Section 102. <br /><br />Perry hasn't complied with this law, a fact that can be verified by visiting the Secretary of States Office and checking for yourself, and is therefore barred by it from "entering into the duties of his office".<br /><br />Seems like he must have just "forgot" a mental handicap he seems overly endowed with.<br /><br />You can read more at my website http://www.wilcoshysterbuster.com<br /><br />at the page "We done need no steenken Oaths!"<br /><br />Daniel Simon<br />512-228-9416Daniel Simonhttp://www.wilcoshysterbuster.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35347339843905789342011-12-24T10:21:18.223-06:002011-12-24T10:21:18.223-06:00Tedbyrd, this is a governor who granted clemency t...Tedbyrd, this is a governor who granted clemency to 73 people in 2003; in his first ten years in office he pardoned 10 or more people in six of them. I set my expectations (and my erroneous prediction) based expressly on his pardon record and the dynamics of the national political race, not any bias for against him.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67300333129897040112011-12-24T09:01:07.037-06:002011-12-24T09:01:07.037-06:00It is unrealistic on your part, Grits, to expect a...It is unrealistic on your part, Grits, to expect anything less from such a GovernorTedbyrdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24781870533944497902011-12-23T13:51:28.397-06:002011-12-23T13:51:28.397-06:00Can Perry even spell Pardon?Can Perry even spell Pardon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59248164659953089972011-12-23T12:38:39.277-06:002011-12-23T12:38:39.277-06:00He probably had another "Oops" moment an...He probably had another "Oops" moment and couldn't remember who he was intending to pardon when he got to #9! Poor guy! Give him a break, it's Christmas for Ch***t's sake!The Comediannoreply@blogger.com