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"Pres. Bush inacted a new bill "
When did the President gain this power? Geez people, get your BASIC facts straight at least, not to mention +1 on the request for *cough*bullsh!t*cough* citation of both the President's stock assets and the supposed bill "inacted". Not to mention, how could anything derived under authority of the constitution (presidential power OR congressional leghislation) ban changes to the constitution? The amendment process cannot be abrogated except by amendment.
On the matter of drafting a bill. While it's true that anybody can help draft a bill, the President can't introduce squat for consideration. He needs someone to sponsor it on the floor. Undoubtedlyu, there would be plentyof candidates for that, but they don't need Obama to do it. People, CONGRESS enacts laws. NOT the president.
The big concern for 2nf Amendment rights is definitely the appointment of SCOTUS justices. There are a couple who seem likely to retire, if not immediately, then during the next Presidential term. These are the ones who are already activist judges without a shred of loyalty to the Constitution anyway. So the situation could be slightly worse or status quo with an Obama presidency.
As for banning retroactively- specifically states in the Constitution it can't be done. It would be immediately challenged and defeated. Even in the most liberal SCOTUS, it is very clear that this is prohibited. On top of that, enforcmenet would be impossible. Too many people for a police force which is what, half a percent of our population? Evenif the police could be convinced to go along en masse.
OK: so legitimate concerns..
With Obama to provide 'moral support' to Congress it is likely that the Democrats would become emboldened about attempting to enact more authoritarian legislation which advances their ideologies. They also have confidence that anything which passes both houses will be very unlikely to be vetoed. This still does not protect them from voter backlash in th enext electionif they go too far. Additionally, our country seems more comfortable when Congress and the executive aren't TOO cozy, so Obama being elected prez could very conceivably cause a Republican majority in the next congressional elections: Congress being reasonably well balanced as it is, it wouldn't take too much to swing back to a slim Republican majority.
Additionally, IF he wins, Obama will have executive authority, which already has been abused by organizations likethe BATFE and IRS, which essentially write their own procedures and have little accountability to Congress in the execution of their "duties". This is harder to fight, because it isolates the individuals affectedand makes them have to find funding to defend themselves alone, rather than enflaming the electorate at large.
So cool the "sky is falling rhetoric" and do something practical, like keep writing letters to your local papers, write on your blogs, talk to your neighbors, and try to convince them of the reasonableness of your position. Most of all, VOTE.
