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Joe Bidens Faulty Lifeguard Logic : If it saves one life at what cost?
By Jonah Goldberg
01/11/2013
As the president said, if your actions result in only saving one life, theyre worth taking, Vice President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday as he previewed what his commission on gun violence might actually do.
There are executive orders, theres executive action that can be taken. We havent decided what that is yet. But were compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action that we believe is required.
Biden insisted that it is a moral imperative for the White House to do something: Its critically important that we act.
Most of the attention, understandably, is on Bidens suggestion that the president will consider using executive orders to do things he couldnt possibly accomplish legislatively. The imperial presidency is always troubling, but when it rubs up against the Bill of Rights it is especially so.
But what I find to be arguably the most disturbing and definitely the most annoying part of Bidens remarks is this nonsense about if it saves only one life, the White Houses actions would be worth it.
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By Jonah Goldberg
01/11/2013
As the president said, if your actions result in only saving one life, theyre worth taking, Vice President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday as he previewed what his commission on gun violence might actually do.
There are executive orders, theres executive action that can be taken. We havent decided what that is yet. But were compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and the rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action that we believe is required.
Biden insisted that it is a moral imperative for the White House to do something: Its critically important that we act.
Most of the attention, understandably, is on Bidens suggestion that the president will consider using executive orders to do things he couldnt possibly accomplish legislatively. The imperial presidency is always troubling, but when it rubs up against the Bill of Rights it is especially so.
But what I find to be arguably the most disturbing and definitely the most annoying part of Bidens remarks is this nonsense about if it saves only one life, the White Houses actions would be worth it.
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