Comments on: Is George Washington Constitutional?

By: James

James — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:01:13 +0000

People – get real! There is two warr going on, a bad economy, presidential race, poverty all around the globe, food crisis around the worl, aids epedimic, and many other things that are effecting us all – and you bring this up as a issue? This happened over 200 years ago – there was a reason behind selecting George Washington as President. I would recommend reading your history first before you make a case, i.e. gather the facts before presenting your case. Congress authorized the selection of George Washington as President based on many honorable and noble qualities that he possesed. So – how about you research something like: “How to save the planet from total destruction!”

By: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:21:11 +0000

Haha, well, on no more than one second of thought, I think the, ahem, more fundamental language in the constitution (”The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”) trumps.

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:20:20 +0000

Constitutional Commentary ran a piece (presumably by Dan Farber) almost 15 years ago making this exact argument. See But Cf., Was George Washington Constitutional? 12 Const. Comment. 137 (1995).

By: Howard Wasserman

Howard Wasserman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:21:32 +0000

But you still are a private school, so the constitution does not apply . . .