奥巴马架空宪法，从宪政走向帝国 (中英文对照)

奥巴马架空美国宪法，宪法政府向帝国政府转型 (中英文对照)

是的，这是真的，但没有得到美国国会批准-- 参照美利坚合众国宪法第一章第八条！ （见今天的纽约时报，p.A11）。这揭示了我们国家正在从宪法政府向帝国政府转型。

第一，“宣战”的权力已经从国会滑向总统。
第二，这个权力又从总统滑到将军：见理查德克拉克的“网络战”，2010年。克拉克声称一般在开战前就要做好阵地战的准备。这对于网络战来说更是如此，在发射战斧式导弹和出动战机前，美国已经关闭了利比亚的通讯系统。
第三，“宣战”权通过我们的将军又传递到了佛罗里达州的军队办事员。比如这些办事员控制无人机发射导弹杀死也门具体的个人，虽然也门不是美国的交战国。那么也门总统会不会认为这是“宣战”？因为我们的将军“当然”是代表国家了。虽然暗杀可能一直是我们的中央情报局的现行惯例，这些也有天大的理由- 但是这种暗杀行为和宣战是无法比的。

    这只是诸多例子当中的一个，这表明我们的宪法正在被架空。布什总统授权对国内公民通讯非法'窃听'，违反了宪法第四修正案（隐私保护）。这种违反在奥巴马总统的领导下继续进行。今天看到纽约时报，第A17中）。美国宪法的作用和对宪法的遵循在奥巴马总统的领导下变的更加不堪。

    总之，宪法正日益变得过时，它已成为茶党分子的崇拜偶像，却背离了在1787年时通过宪法时的初衷 -- 为“创造一个更完美的社会”，宪法应该是一个有效的治理工具。

克拉克
Yes, that's true, but it was not approved by the U.S. Congress- - per Art.I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America! (see The NYT today, p.A11).  This point highlights a steady morphing  of our constitutional government to imperial government.  The power to "declare war" has migrated from Congress to the President, and second, from the President to generals: see  Richard A. Clarke's "Cyber War," 2010. Clarke claims a general needs to prepare the battle field in advance of the war he expects/wants to fight. This is particularly true for cyber war which the U.S. used to shut down Libya's communication systems prior to launching its Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets.
    Third, declaring war has been delegated by our generals to army clerks in Florida who trigger drone missiles to kill specific individuals in Yemen, a country not at war with the U.S.A.  If the Yemen's President approved those killings, apparently our generals have delegated (???) Congress's power "to declare war" to the president of a foreign nation. While covert killings may have been an on-going practice of our CIA, these have been covert actions for a damned good reason - these are illegal minus the context of a declared war.
    This is one of many examples on the increasing obsolesces of Constitution. President Bush illegally authorized 'wiretapping' citizens communication within the US; a violation of the 4th Amendment (privacy protection).  This sort of violation is continuing under President Obama.  See the  NYT today, p. A17).  The utility/vitality of Constitution of the United States is not fairing much better under President Obama. 
    In summary, the Constitution is increasingly becoming obsolete; its has become more an icon of worship for the Tea Party folks than a utilitarian tool of governance 'to create a more perfect union,' its primary purpose when it was adopted in 1787.     

Clark