Mark Paoletta
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Trump 47 OMB GC & OIRA Head I CFPB CLO I Co-editor of Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words I Personal account. Views my own. Ephesians 6:10-16
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TODAY, Justice Clarence Thomas is now the second longest serving Supreme Court Justice in American history at 34 years and 195 days. He has written more than 800 opinions, laying out a jurisprudence that has brought the Supreme Court back to the Constitution. Justice Thomas has lived a most extraordinary American life, from being born into abject poverty in the Deep South under state-enforced segregation to becoming our nation’s greatest Justice. Please watch this beautiful segment from the terrific documentary, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words. Justice Thomas recounts his grandfather enrolling him in the segregated all-black catholic school in Savannah and the role the Irish nuns who ran the school played in his life. His grandfather told him: “'You are going to go to school every day. If you are sick, you’re still going. If you die, I will take your body for three days to make sure you are not faking.' And he meant it. It’s one thing if somebody says it and you think they’re exaggerating. He wasn’t that kind of guy.” God bless Justice Thomas.
Mark Paoletta194,717 次观看 • 2 个月前
Beautiful Friday evening at Marine Barracks in DC to watch the Sunset Parade in honor of my good friend and former OMB colleague, Undersecretary of War for Acquistion, Mike Duffey. Grateful for the service & sacrifice of the Marines & all the men and women in our armed forces.
Mark Paoletta34,738 次观看 • 1 个月前
The Left thinks they’ll drive Justice Thomas from the Supreme Court through these despicable attacks. Did you not listen to him in 1991?? “I’d rather die than withdraw . . I’ve never run from bullies. I never cry uncle.” Nothing has changed. (from the film Created Equal)
Mark Paoletta560,781 次观看 • 3 年前
NEWS ALERT: Democrat Richard Blumenthal LIED in his questioning of OMB Director nominee Russ Vought when he claimed the Supreme Court had ruled in 1975 that the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) was constitutional. The Court did no such thing. In fact, the Court SPECIFICALLY wrote in Train v. New York City that “no issues as to the reach or coverage of the Impoundment Act are before us.” Why would Blumenthal lie about this and claim Russ Vought would “defy” a Supreme Court ruling that never happened?? As I have explained elsewhere, Train was confined to a specific statutory scheme at issue and did not address the President’s constitutional impoundment power—the constitutional issue was not even presented in that case. Russ Vought did a superb job in his testimony, including not backing down in his view that the President has the constitutional power to impound and that the ICA is unconstitutional. Blumenthal is flat out lying to claim that Russ’s view is in defiance of Train’s holding. The Supreme Court has NEVER ruled on the constitutionality of the ICA nor on the President’s constitutional power to impound funds. And we have 170 years of Presidents regularly using his impoundment authority to rein in wasteful or constitutionally problematic spending. Appropriations is a legislative act, the power of the purse. The spending power is an executive power and is vested in the President. Would it be constitutional for Congress to mandate that the President spend $100M to investigate and prosecute certain disfavored individuals? Of course it would not be constitutional and the President has the authority to refuse to spend those funds. Likewise, if Congress appropriated $100M to provide aid to a known terror state or international organization, the President has the constitutional authority (in fact duty) to refuse to do send those funds to this terror entity. There are limits to Congress’ authority to require the President to spend funds. The Impoundment Control Act is a terrible law. It turns history on its head by requiring a President to spend every dollar of an appropriation, even if the project can be done for less. It makes an appropriation a floor rather than a ceiling. The ICA is designed to shovel money out the door regardless of whether it’s necessary to a program, and it’s wildly irresponsible for our fiscal health.
Mark Paoletta217,757 次观看 • 1 年前
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