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You do realize obama has said many times he does not have the authority to do what he has done?
It does not give him authority to change the law.
He must insure the laws are enforced he is not doing that.
"GOP reaction to Obama's immigration policy proves they are morons.....or just extremely dishonest."
It demonstrates that most on the right are indeed dishonest and ignorant, likely willfully.
There is established and settled precedent of previous presidents taking the same action.
The president's action is in accordance with Federal law authorizing him to use prosecutorial discretion, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
And the president's order comports with Constitutional case law recognizing the authority of the Executive to engage in the practice of deferred action with regard to the prosecution and deportation of undocumented immigrants for humanitarian reasons (see Reno v.
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (1999)).
Consequently the right's opposition to the president's action is subjective and partisan, devoid of merit or fact, motivated solely by conservative animosity toward the president.
No it does not give him the authority to change the law. obama has already stated that he does not have the authority to do what he has done.It does not give him authority to change the law.
He must insure the laws are enforced he is not doing that.
Him prioritizing the limited resources he has to execute the laws in the best way he sees fit is not changing the law. It is him doing the job that the American people elected him to do.
No he changed the law. Stop lying.You do realize obama has said many times he does not have the authority to do what he has done?
He was referring to changing the law.
What he has done now is to execute his prosecutorial discretion which the existing law allows for and he has the executive power to do so.
Two completely different concepts. Ask an adult in your household to explain them to you.
What do you call it?Giving amnesty he most assuredly is
Obama is not "giving amnesty".
Try again.
why did Obama repeatedly say for the last 4 or 5 years that he could NOT do what he did?
I will add, he does not have the money to administer the amnesty program
No it does not give him the authority to change the law. obama has already stated that he does not have the authority to do what he has done.
And, by the way, it gets millions more potential voters for the Dems....or just extremely dishonest.
Him using his power as the head of the executive branch to decide how best to execute laws is not unconstitutional, it is him doing his job.
Furthermore, the resources available only allow him to deport so many people. He was already using his executive discretion to prioritize deporting criminals. He wasn't going to deport the millions of people he's promised to protect anyway.
Obama played it perfectly by announcing it like he did. Not only is it a logical and moral policy (that he was already pretty much doing), he's also baited the racist whackos in the GOP to come out strongly against it. If they had any brains at all they would have just ignored him.
Hopefully, they will continue to make a big deal out this and try everything they can to stop it. Should really help their image to go after millions of poor minorities that the President is protecting. And they will look weak and foolish because they don't actually have the power to stop him from doing this. Any challenges with the courts will be tossed out as he actually does have the legitimate power to do it. Even if they somehow pass a bill invalidating it, Obama can just veto it. They could try to remove him from office. I would love to see that but I can't imagine that even they are that stupid.
The next president can change the policy, obviously. I hope whichever clown gets the GOP nomination promises to do just that.
a group of people will not be punished
Don't his own previous comments on such matter suggest that he would view it as such, or at the very least that he has exhibited gross hypocrisy on the matter?
Don't his own previous comments on such matter suggest that he would view it as such, or at the very least that he has exhibited gross hypocrisy on the matter?
Nope! Merely because you are taking what Obama said previously out of context does not make him a hypocrite.
Don't his own previous comments on such matter suggest that he would view it as such, or at the very least that he has exhibited gross hypocrisy on the matter?
Nope! Merely because you are taking what Obama said previously out of context does not make him a hypocrite.
What context should his previous comments, spanning the course of several years, be viewed as in order for one to accept your reality?
Don't his own previous comments on such matter suggest that he would view it as such, or at the very least that he has exhibited gross hypocrisy on the matter?
I look forward to the time a Republican President decides he was waited long enough for Congress to do something about say tax reform and decides through an executive order he will suspend part of the current system that he feels is unfair or is hurting the economy. Somehow I don't think the reaction from the left will be as supportive as it is for what Obama has done first because it would be a Republican doing it and second because paying less taxes is not something they generally support. In the interest of fairness and honesty yes the Republicans who oppose Obama over his executive order would find ways to spin and justify this when on branch of the government keeps expanding it's power eventually they have all of it.
