Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 7, 2011

Four years ago, constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein, who worked in the Justice Department under Ronald Reagan, created an ad hoc group called The American Freedom Agenda. Fein and his associates were horrified by the Bush administration?s assault on what remained of the Bill of Rights, the habeas corpus guarantee, and residual limits on presidential war-making powers.

Fein has continued his commendable campaign against the imperial presidency. After the Obama administration began a war in Libya without so much as consulting with Congress, Fein drew up a fifteen-page article of impeachment.

?President Barack Obama, in flagrant violation of his constitutional oath to execute his office as President of the United States and preserve and protect the United States Constitution, has usurped the exclusive authority of Congress to authorize the initiation of war,? Fein?s indictment concludes. Mr. Obama?s crimes against the Constitution require that he be impeached and removed from office.

Yes, previous presidents ? including Obama?s immediate predecessor ? have committed similar offenses. This means that the restoration of the rule of law is badly overdue.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.