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Obama Threatens More Executive Orders.

Posted on by Gregory Smith

Obama told a group of liberal mayors that he’s gonna get his way one way or another: “vowed to continue doing everything in his power to combat gun violence through executive action and to press Congress to pass common-sense reforms like expanding the background check system and cracking down on gun trafficking,” the White House said in a statement. The administration […]

Could Holder be like Caligula?

Could Holder be like Caligula?

Here’s an interesting article:

“The Roman Emperor Caligula wrote the law in small writing high up in a corner of a public building so that no one could read what the law was. If no one knew the law, the emperor had a freer hand in saying who had violated it. It was a clever and naked power grab.

The U.S. Department of Justice—with an assist from Congress—is taking a page from Caligula.

Sure, you can find our nation’s criminal laws. But if you’re charged with a crime, for too many cases, good luck to you in figuring out what our laws mean. And federal prosecutors will force you into an untenable risk of prison if you aren’t willing to cut a deal with them and plead guilty.”

Read more: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202611485800&Federal_Prosecutions_Inspired_by_Caligula#ixzz2arr627iR

Perhaps history repeats itself.