Zelaya wanted another term as president so he decided to hold a popular referendum on whether he should be eligible. Minor problem: The Honduran constitution can’t be amended by popular referendum so the country’s supreme court ordered the vote canceled. Zelaya tried to go ahead with it anyway. Literally every other arm of the Honduran government — judiciary, legislature, military — was against him, to the point where the troops who arrested him this morning were evidently acting on a court order.
But of course, the US Government is siding with Chavez & Co on this one. Great, just great. And, while at it, why not repeal the 25th Amendment by fiat -- to follow the Pepean logic?
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Zelaya wanted another term as president so he decided to hold a popular referendum on whether he should be eligible. Minor problem: The Honduran constitution can’t be amended by popular referendum so the country’s supreme court ordered the vote canceled. Zelaya tried to go ahead with it anyway. Literally every other arm of the Honduran government — judiciary, legislature, military — was against him, to the point where the troops who arrested him this morning were evidently acting on a court order.
But of course, the US Government is siding with Chavez & Co on this one. Great, just great. And, while at it, why not repeal the 25th Amendment by fiat -- to follow the Pepean logic?
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