Not only has Obama behaved extra-constitutionally, but he is so arrogant as to threaten to continue operating outside of the legislative branch.
He makes clear..."I have a pen"...that he will govern via executive orders, whether or not the Congress has sent laws that authorize his actions.
1." He has been seated on a throne surrounded with minions and mistresses, giving audience to the envoys of foreign potentates, in all the supercilious pomp of majesty. The images of Asiatic despotism and voluptuousness have scarcely been wanting to crown the exaggerated scene. We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio.
2. That is how Alexander Hamilton, in 67 Federalist, lampooned the picture of the presidency that was being painted by critics of the Constitution.
3. ....on the eve of the State of the Union message that is required by the same Constitution for which Hamilton was harping, we are [still arguing], as President Obama vows to conduct his office without authority of the Congress and with the aim of implementing policies and programs it did not ...approve.
4. These stampings of the presidential foot are one of the darnedest things weve covered...
5. You can do a lot, Mr. Obamas senior adviser, Daniel Pfeiffer, was quoted by USA Today as having said on Fox News Sunday... executive orders last year on new climate change regulations and expanding wireless access for schools.
6. ... Mr. Obama is not going to tell the American people that hes going to wait for Congress.
[Can you see why it is tragic that government schools no longer teach civics or the Constitution?]
7. USA Today reported... that Mr. Obamas authority is limited. It said his biggest agenda items would require legislation from Congress, including the Republican-run House.
8. Hamilton [wrote] in 70 Federalist about the importance of energy in the executive and the danger of feebleness. It strikes us that by emphasizing what he can do without reference to Congress the president is underlining the latter.
9. ....all the big items on his agenda including, say, an immigration bill, a budget, a lunge for more borrowing do require Congressional action. Even the big items already enacted Obamacare, intelligence gathering are awaiting review by the Supreme Court.
10. Whether Mr. Obama is actually going to stand before Congress tomorrow and lecture them on his abilities to act where they wont, well, this is hard to foresee."
Year of Action - The New York Sun
Isn't it about time for the Congress to stand up for it's rights, it's authorities?
Time to slap the offending hand in the cookie jar.
He makes clear..."I have a pen"...that he will govern via executive orders, whether or not the Congress has sent laws that authorize his actions.
1." He has been seated on a throne surrounded with minions and mistresses, giving audience to the envoys of foreign potentates, in all the supercilious pomp of majesty. The images of Asiatic despotism and voluptuousness have scarcely been wanting to crown the exaggerated scene. We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio.
2. That is how Alexander Hamilton, in 67 Federalist, lampooned the picture of the presidency that was being painted by critics of the Constitution.
3. ....on the eve of the State of the Union message that is required by the same Constitution for which Hamilton was harping, we are [still arguing], as President Obama vows to conduct his office without authority of the Congress and with the aim of implementing policies and programs it did not ...approve.
4. These stampings of the presidential foot are one of the darnedest things weve covered...
5. You can do a lot, Mr. Obamas senior adviser, Daniel Pfeiffer, was quoted by USA Today as having said on Fox News Sunday... executive orders last year on new climate change regulations and expanding wireless access for schools.
6. ... Mr. Obama is not going to tell the American people that hes going to wait for Congress.
[Can you see why it is tragic that government schools no longer teach civics or the Constitution?]
7. USA Today reported... that Mr. Obamas authority is limited. It said his biggest agenda items would require legislation from Congress, including the Republican-run House.
8. Hamilton [wrote] in 70 Federalist about the importance of energy in the executive and the danger of feebleness. It strikes us that by emphasizing what he can do without reference to Congress the president is underlining the latter.
9. ....all the big items on his agenda including, say, an immigration bill, a budget, a lunge for more borrowing do require Congressional action. Even the big items already enacted Obamacare, intelligence gathering are awaiting review by the Supreme Court.
10. Whether Mr. Obama is actually going to stand before Congress tomorrow and lecture them on his abilities to act where they wont, well, this is hard to foresee."
Year of Action - The New York Sun
Isn't it about time for the Congress to stand up for it's rights, it's authorities?
Time to slap the offending hand in the cookie jar.
