The idea's not without precedent-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT...portations

Hey, I never said they were all strong points.

I agree #1 is the strongest, probably because it's the simplest to grasp.

"it's highly unlikely that a congress under either party would consider impeachment proceedings based upon that."

It doesn't rise to the level of lying about blowjobs, I'll grant you that. Goes to show what a farce the whole thing really is.

#2: Well technically they ruled a specific part is constitutional. How about just the bullshit lies that "it's not a tax," and then bringing the case that it's constitutional because it *is* a tax? I know, I know, it's not against the law for the president to lie to the American public, so I guess we're just SOL. However, for the reason you stated, generally speaking I'd say this is the weakest point (if a point at all).

#3: But the executive isn't part of that mechanism.

Regardless of any "smell test," the oath of office is what it is: "will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

This is hardly about people "getting over themselves" because Obama "said something negative." For example, like the war powers clause, obviously the fourth amendment is part of the Constitution that the administration considers "flawed," considering how it's being perverted and disregarded every day. So to minimize it by saying it's just "someone saying something negative" is just an excuse to dodge the issue of the continual erosion of our Constitutional rights, and the government's Constitutional responsibilities.

#4: Just another form of subversion of the Constitution. Check out pg 27 of Judicial Watch's report for "Examples of How Obama Circumvents the Constitutionally Required Confirmation Process by the Senate"
www.judicialwatch.org/press-r...5-czars/

>>godspeed with that one.

I don't harbor any illusions that it will actually go anywhere, but it's got a shit-ton more merit than the "deport the thought-criminals" petition. And incidentally, "deport the thought-criminals" is one of the lighter sentiments... I've seen a number of comments on articles on this subject where summary execution is the preferred solution. Yay "tolerance."