Jim KouriFebruary 19th, 2011
President Barack Obama’s arguably unconstitutional and unaccountable political appointees known as "czars" may be joining the nation's unemployed now that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to block funding for those officials -- many of whom are radical leftists -- he assigned to run government without congressional approval.
In all, the president has appointed 41 czars who have enormous power to regulate and control the American economy and government without any sort of oversight, according to Judicial Watch, a public-interest group that investigates and reports government corruption and crime.
By design, Obama's czars answer only to him even though they manage crucial areas of national policy and that violates the constitutional system of checks and balances and its separation of powers, according to the longest serving U.S. Senator in history, the late Democrat Robert Byrd.
Before passing away last summer Byrd, a nine-term senator who twice chaired the powerful Appropriations Committee, blasted the president’s czar appointments as unconstitutional and a clear attempt to evade congressional oversight. He referred to Obama’s “czar strategy” as an unprecedented power grab centralizing authority in the White House.
“It is time that we end this practice by President Obama of creating a shadow government run by czars with cabinet-level powers who circumvent the accountability and scrutiny that comes with Senate confirmation required by the Constitution,” said Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA).
“Hardworking American families should not be forced to pay millions of dollars to fund these czars who are implementing radical policies under the cloak of darkness rather than going through the open and transparent process that we were promised. The government should not be running car companies, we should not be regulating the Internet, and we should not have all these czars!” said Rep. Scalise.
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