The number of EOs of a President may tell us of his willingness to use his lawful authority, but it tells us nothing whatsoever about whether or not he has exceeded his authority. Nor is every illegal Presidential decision or directive an EO. When, for example, Obama refuses to implement various provisions of PPACA, or invents bogus interpretations of other provisions, he has intentionally chosen to break with his oath and seize unconstitutional power - regardless of what Congressional law approved (and he signed).
Interesting. So back to this "I'm against how he delayed parts of a law I thought shouldn't become law." thing. Otherwise umm... any other examples?
If, by "interesting" you mean you won't be subjecting us to the 'EO' tabulation of 'non-evidence' in the future, we can move on to another endlessly repeated canard.
One's feelings about PPACA is irrelevant to the question of Obama's unlawful conduct. This is not a dispute between alternative readings of vague passages, this is an issue of routine and caviler disregard of statutory law.
Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, to which every president swears an oath, commands that the president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” The President is not above the law, and he is as obligated to follow the law as is the citizenry. None the less, Obama has:
- illegally diverted a half billion in PPACA revenue from their authorized use to other purposes that lack congressional appropriation.
- He has unilaterally and repeatedly rewritten that PPACA expressly forbids him to spend.
- He has unilaterally issued blanket waivers to requirements that the PPACA does not authorize him to waive.
- He has unilaterally rewritten the statute to impose billions of dollars in taxes that the PPACA expressly forbids him to impose, and to incur billions of dollars in debt that the statute expressly forbids him to incur.
- He has unilaterally rewritten the PPACA to allow health insurance products that the statute expressly forbids. He has encouraged consumers, insurers, and state officials to violate a federal law he enacted.
- And he has taken these steps for the purpose of forestalling democratic action by the people’s elected representatives in Congress.
President Obama’s unfaithfulness to the PPACA is so wanton, it is no longer accurate to say the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is “the law of the land.” Today, with respect to health
care, the law of the land is whatever one man says it is – or whatever this divided Congress will
let that one man get away with saying. What this one man says may flatly contradict federal
statute. It may suddenly confer benefits on favored groups, or tax disfavored groups without
representation. It may undermine the careful and costly planning done by millions of individuals
and businesses. It may change from day to day. This method of lawmaking has more in common
with monarchy than democracy or a constitutional republic.
http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/f...a097-f1284b491e03/120313-cannon-testimony.pdf
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1402641 "The Legality of Delaying Key Elements of the ACA" New England Journal of Medicine
And you wish other examples? Start here:
Examples of Obamas willful refusal to execute the laws faithfully and his usurpation of the legislative authority of Congress:
Obama's unilateral amendment, on the eve of the 2012 election, of federal law mandating notification of impending layoffs.
His unilateral amendment of the federal law requiring welfare recipients to work
His unilateral amendments of federal immigration law, including decrees of amnesty for various categories of illegal immigrants
His unilateral amendment and maladministration of the Clean Air Act in destructively regulating carbon dioxide (recently slapped down 9-0)
His defiance of congressional law and court orders in obstructing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project
His defiance of federal law requiring the president to address the impending insolvency of Medicare.
His usurping the constitutional authority and prerogatives of Congress The president’s usurpation of Congress’s constitutional war powers in instigating an undeclared, unauthorized, unprovoked, and ultimately disastrous war in Libya.
His making of “recess appointments” when the Senate was not in recess
His undermining of, and contempt for, Congress’s constitutional duty to conduct oversight of executive agencies funded by Congress.
His willful and repeated lieing and fraud on a wide range of executive actions:
The president’s fraudulent claim that the Benghazi massacre was caused by an anti-Islamic film, including the willful misleading of the American people, the provision of false information to Congress, and the scapegoat prosecution of the film producer.
The president’s willful misrepresentations that Americans would be able to keep their health insurance and their doctors, and that they would save rather than lose thousands of dollars, in order to secure political support for Obamacare’s enactment and conceal damaging information that would have threatened his reelection bid.
The president’s fraudulent claims about enforcement efforts against illegal immigration
The Solyndra fraud: The president’s provision of subsidies to a failing solar energy company backed by a prominent donor, his deceptive claims about its financial condition when it was preparing to sell stock to the public, and his imposition on taxpayers of millions of dollars in company losses in violation of federal law.
To say nothing of his shill, Holder, and other agencies in their refusal to obey lawful subpoenas for information on Fast and Furious, the IRS, EPA actions, and ther oversight functions.
How long ago was it that Boehner said Obama should do something on his own.
John Boehner said:
There are numerous steps the president can and should be taking right now, without the need for congressional action, to secure our borders and ensure these children are returned swiftly and safely to their countries.
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And you actually think those steps included an unconstitutional usurpation of power and a failure to enforce the law? That is one of the lamest excuses I have read in sometime - be serious.
Yeah that whole children on the border crisis that the massive Republican majority couldn't even muster a vote on a bill thing. So Boehner says Obama should do it himself... wait no... he shouldn't... yes... he should... no he shouldn't! It'll poison the well... it'll poison all that trust the Republicans have put in Obama. Yeah. Fuck it and fuck Boehner.
Whether or not the Republican majority passed one bill has nothing to do with Obama's long record of faithless execution, nor his actions in quickly dispersing the illegals into the population (secretly).
At least Chavez asked his legislature for the power of law-making decree's, a nicety that Obama has not bothered with.
Chavez Godwin.
You need to read up on Godwin and the Nazi comparison in Wiki. I am sure you know that Chavez was not a Nazi, no?
And, by the way, when the analogy is accurate a mangled appeal to Godwin is just another another dodge.
