Congress just passed a bill that included spending on disaster relief. Clearly unconstitutional, of course, just like 99 percent of everything Congress does. Obama will certainly sign the bill. There was a time when a Democratic president would do no such thing. President Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill in 1887 that would have provided seed for farmers in drought-stricken Texas. In his veto message he stated: I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the general government ought to be extended to the relief of … Continue reading Where Is Grover Cleveland When You Need Him?