That is the statement made by the Government Accountability Office!! Probably nothing will be done about it, but when is "breaking the law" not "BREAKING THE LAW"?? Can a President not be held accountable for breaking the laws of our land................again and again??
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE
By Joel Gehrke
August 21, 2014 2:57 PM
President Obama violated a "clear and unambiguous" law when he released five Guantanamo Bay detainees in exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the Government Accountability Office reported Thursday.
"[The Department of Defense] violated section 8111 because it did not notify the relevant congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of the transfer," the GAO report said. "In addition, because DOD used appropriated funds to carry out the transfer when no money was available for that purpose, DOD violated the Antideficiency Act. The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from incurring obligations exceeding an amount available in an appropriation."
The GAO rejected the idea that the action was legal and sidestepped the Obama team's suggestion that the law is unconstitutional.
"It is not our role or our practice to determine the constitutionality of duly enacted statutes," the report says. "In our view, where legislation has been passed by Congress and signed by the President, thereby satisfying the bicameralism and presentment requirements in the Constitution, that legislation is entitled to a heavy presumption in favor of constitutionality."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385979/feds-obama-broke-law-bergdahl-swap-joel-gehrke
He won't be held accountable. He's too popular with the emotional types.
Quote from: rdunk on August 22, 2014, 02:43:28 AM
Can a President not be held accountable for breaking the laws of our land................again and again??[/color]
No all they have to do is resign in the worst case scenario
That is our system
Any politician gets dirty, they can just resign and it goes away
Welcome to the US of A
Quote from: zorgon on August 22, 2014, 02:52:08 AM
No all they have to do is resign in the worst case scenario
That is our system
Any politician gets dirty, they can just resign and it goes away
Welcome to the US of A
Yes, I am sure you are right........................but, what do you think the odds are that doing this under the law was discussed by the responsible parties, and they discretely and on purpose and for reason chose to not notify Congress. It would be nice to have the records of such discussions, whether they could be used or not!!
ie, I seriously doubt that this infraction was a simple "mistake"!!
Of course it's not a mistake. This man is famous for circumventing the democratic process put in place to prevent a single man from ruling like a king instead of a president.