Czar Wars

Who's next?

Now czar regime opponents are looking into names such as John Holdren, Cass Sunstein and Mark Lloyd.

Holdren, the science czar, for example, has been described as a population control "zealot" who has stated his belief the Constitution justifies compulsory abortions. His 1977 book with Paul Ehrlich called "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment," states: "There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated. It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."

The authors created a "Planetary Regime" whose police forces would be able to "enforce" population limits around the globe.

Then there's Cass Sunstein, the Harvard Law professor named the regulator czar.

He's also been on the population control bandwagon, advocated animal rights and followed the teachings of Peter Singer devoutly. Singer has argued that abortion should be allowed because killing unborn babies isn't like homicide.

"Killing a newborn baby is never equivalent to killing a person, that is, a being who wants to go on living."

He also discussed outlawing sport hunting and giving animals the legal right to file lawsuits.

"Any animals that are entitled to bring suit would be represented by (human) counsel, who would owe guardian-like obligations and make decisions, subject to those obligations, on their clients' behalf," he suggested.

Then there's Mark Lloyd, the "diversity czar" who has talked about issues such as a 100 percent tax on broadcast outlets in order to collect money to provide alternative viewpoints, mandatory diversity in station ownership and the idea of requiring broadcast businesses to cater to the demands of local activism committees.

Republican Congressman Mike Pence said all such appointees should be reviewed by Congress like those who take various cabinet positions and must be approved by elected legislators.

You can bet the GOP will start looking hard at all the czar appointments, and the news today that none of them had to complete the vetting questionnaire required of cabinet and sub-cabinet positions will have a lot of people wondering what might be hiding in their past.

There's also a concern that the czar's are the ones actually making policy while the cabinet secretaries are just the front men for the cameras and the confirmation process. Even some Democrats in the Senate won't like the idea of being bypassed in this manner.