Thursday, October 10, 2013
Sheila Jackson Lee on continuing resolution: ‘We have martial law’
On Monday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said from the floor of the House of Representatives that America is now under martial law because of the continuing resolution.
“This is not an idea of anyone over another person. Republican and Democratic Senators have already voted for this clean bill that we could vote on today. We have martial law. What that means–and my colleagues know what it means–is that you can put a bill on in just minutes,” she said.
Jackson Lee’s startling comments received absolutely no mention from the so-called “mainstream media,” but was picked up Wednesday by several “new media” outlets, including WND.com.
‘The comments from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, took some listeners by surprise, since a common understanding of “martial law” would be of an authority – a president or a military commander – using military force to impose its will on an uncooperative people,” WND said. “Think tanks, machine guns and jail cells.”
A post at Washingtonsblog observed: “The last time we heard Congress members use the phrase martial law was when Congressmen Brad Sherman and Paul Kanjorski, and Senator James Inhofe, all said that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson warned of martial law if the TARP banks bailouts weren’t approved.”
Paul Joseph Watson said that when used in legislative context, the term is somewhat obscure, but has been used before to define lawmakers’ ability to “fast track” legislation without going through the usual congressional process.
But, he said, her call for “martial law” would appear to conflict with Article I, Section 7, Clause I of the Constitution, which specifically states that, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.” The resolution Jackson Lee spoke of came from the Senate.
Full article: http://www.examiner. … -we-have-martial-law
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