Bill Text: GA HR1146 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: General Assembly; citizens not obligated to comply with appointed "czar"; declare
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HR1146 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1146-Introduced.html
Bill Title: General Assembly; citizens not obligated to comply with appointed "czar"; declare
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HR1146 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1146-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1146
By:
Representatives Cox of the
102nd,
Reese of the
98th,
May of the
111th,
Franklin of the
43rd,
Byrd of the
20th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Declaring
the General Assembly's position that neither the state nor its citizens are
obligated to comply with the dictates of a presidentially appointed "czar"; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
while the term "czar" within the meaning of presidential appointees is a press
created, rather than a political, term, Mr. Bradley Patterson, who served on the
White House staffs of three different Presidents and is one of the nation's
leading authorities on presidential staffing, makes the case that such term
should be reserved for a White House advisor who works on pressing issues
requiring interagency coordination, who has not undergone Senate confirmation,
and who reports directly to the President; and
WHEREAS,
while such positions have been found in administrations as far back as that of
Calvin Coolidge, recent administrations have tended to make more numerous such
appointments; and
WHEREAS,
whether and how these positions are consistent with the "Appointments Clause" in
Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states that the
President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,
shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the
supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States" is a subject of
congressional debate, including ongoing hearings by a Senate Judiciary Committee
subcommittee; and
WHEREAS,
the "Supremacy Clause" found in Article VI, Paragraph 2 establishes the
Constitution, federal statutes, and U.S. treaties as "the supreme Law of the
Land"; and it is the position of this body that any dictates of a "czar"
appointed by a President without Senate confirmation are not binding on this
state or the citizens of this state.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body give notice that they do not consider themselves or the citizens of
this state bound to comply with the orders of any presidentially appointed
czar.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the Georgia delegation to
Congress.