his book “The Constitution Hanging by a Thread.” “Once the Union was formed, many of the Founders and many of the ratifying State Conventions were still skeptical about the potential for abuse of power by The Federal Government. That’s why they, therefore, shortly afterward, adopted the first ten Amendments, The Bill of Rights, to doubly insure that all parties understood the Central Government was to be very limited in the powers the states had given up for the sake of the union” (4). That’s why the Tenth Amendment reads as follows, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” But the fact still remains, our Federal Government has become way to powerful and we’re at the verge of loosing the few powers that are still ours. My fellow citizens, I’m now going to show you where, how, and why some of our systems are faltering. To start out, I’m going to use a prime example of how our Executive branch has in short, abused their powers. Most recently, former President Clinton and the Marc Rich case. Here our two-termed honorable President pardoned his friend, colleague, and finance contributor in his last days in office. BBC News, in their attempt to cover this top story, says that, “Marc Rich, the multi-millionaire fled to Switzerland 17 years ago while facing more than 50 charges of tax evasion and illegal oil trading” (Author unknown). President Clinton signed his “John Doe” to release all charges against this traitor of justice. Ironically, this wasn’t the only one; he signed for 141 of these types of pleas. “This has caught criticism from both the Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill” (Author unknown). And it should. If this is not abusing power – I don’t know what is.Next, our Legisl...
