Bill Weinberg, lefty editor of the lefty online World War 4 Report, argues that the right is defending what amounts to an illegal coup in Honduras. And what makes it an illegal coup, when the Honduran Congress, Supreme Court, and army all followed Honduran constitutional law by removing President Manuel Zelaya?
'Zelaya’s opponents, who argue that the coup was not a coup, cite Article 239 of the Honduran Constitution, which states that any president who proposes an amendment to allow re-election “shall cease forthwith” in his duties.
Missing from this explanation is acknowledgment that the constitution was crafted by a military-dominated state in 1982, and that this measure was aimed at keeping elected leaders subordinate to the generals.'
I wonder if it was the military origin of the Honduran constitution that makes it invalid in the mind of Mr. Weinberg. Lefties have such little regard for the military. Or maybe because it was crafted in 1982. After all, 1982 was a long time ago. Maybe Mr. Weinberg thinks the Honduran constitution should have expired by now. Sort of like Barack Obama's policy statements.
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