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Obama Presidency A Lengthening Legacy Of Lawlessness

hypocritexposer

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Obama Presidency A Lengthening Legacy Of Lawlessness

Posted 06:43 PM ET

Leadership: President Obama's approval numbers are now hitting record lows, yet his critics are often written off as simple-minded "Obama haters." It doesn't wash. The problem is a pattern of presidential lawlessness.

Last time we checked, the Constitution requires the president to "faithfully execute the law." That's no editorial opinion, but Article 2, Section 3, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution, which states that "(The President) shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

Our founders conceived and established in that document three co-equal branches of government to preserve our individual liberty and restrain the unlimited power of government. But this president and his administration have routinely ignored the divisions of power between the presidency, the Congress and its legislation, and the Supreme Court and its rulings.

Constitutionally, the president has the authority to check the legislative branch by recommending legislation to be passed by Congress or through the presidential veto. But he cannot legislate through executive fiat and he can't pick and choose which parts of the law he will comply with or decline. Nor can he defy judicial rulings from the highest court in the land.

But that's what he's done. In just the latest example, President Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder has directed federal prosecutors to conceal the amount of drugs seized during an arrest to circumvent mandatory minimum sentences set by Congress in 1986.

Whether one agrees with that law or not, its legal authority lies within the constitutional powers of Congress, not the executive branch. And that's the issue. It's part of a growing litany of presidential lawlessness:

• Aug. 14, 2013: The Obama administration delayed the provision in ObamaCare to cap out-of-pocket health care costs, picking and choosing parts of the law to enforce, which is to exceed its authority.

• July 17, 2013: The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals joined the federal appeals courts in D.C. and Philadelphia in ruling President Obama's National Labor Relations Board recess appointments — who by law must be approved by Congress — were unconstitutional. Thus far, the president has ignored the ruling.

• July 1, 2013: The Obama administration unilaterally decided to delay the employer mandate provision of ObamaCare for a year, which is to provide information to the feds about the extent of an applicant's insurance. Never mind that the law states the mandate must go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014 — they are now relying on the "honor system" from applicants to determine if they are qualified for subsidies.

• June 25, 2013: The Supreme Court ruled in Shelby County v. Eric Holder that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is "unconstitutional" and that "the formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdiction to preclearance." Instead of complying with the ruling, Holder filed suit to order Texas to submit to preclearance, in defiance of Congress' authority to legislate and the Supreme Court's authority to rule on the constitutionality of the law.

• June 15, 2012: The Obama administration announced it will stop deporting illegal immigrants under the age of 30 in a "deferred action" policy to circumvent immigration laws. This comes after Congress rejected a similar measure about a year ago. Since then, more than 500,000 illegals have received the deferment and only 20,000 have been rejected. As for the law-abiding applicants who have been waiting in line, well, that's Obama's idea of "lawfulness."

• May 20, 2013: A Washington Post article revealed that Fox News reporter James Rosen was investigated by the DOJ, which subpoenaed his phone records and emails in direct contravention of the First Amendment under the pretense of a leak investigation.

• May 13, 2013: AP reported the DOJ secretly collected phone records of AP reporters and editors, a move completely outside the realm of law. Even the AP — which up until then had been pretty submissive to the Obama agenda — was appalled by the breach.

• May 10, 2013: The IRS revealed it targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status beginning in March 2010, a direct targeting of political opponents through the tax laws. It's one of the crimes that led Congress to impeach President Nixon.

• May 3, 2011: When asked when he first heard of Operation Fast and Furious, Attorney General Eric Holder falsely testified, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks." Head of the National Drug Intelligence Center Michael Walther told Holder about Fast and Furious in a July 2010 memo. Subsequent revelations showed he knew all along.

• March 27, 2012: EPA issued final rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions on electric utilities that require power plants to use nonexisting carbon capture-and-control technology to meet new emission standards, in defiance of the Congress' rejection of cap-and-trade legislation.

• April 23, 2012: The administration postponed Medicare Advantage cuts by calling them a "demonstration project" and used funds not approved by Congress to delay effects of those cuts before the election.

• March 1, 2011: Attorney General Holder lied to Congress, saying "decisions made in the New Black Panther Party case were made by career attorneys in the department." Associate A.G. Thomas Perrelli, an Obama political appointee, overruled a unanimous recommendation for prosecution by DOJ attorneys.

V Feb. 3, 2010: Judge Martin Feldman held the Obama administration in contempt for re-imposing an offshore drilling moratorium that was struck down by the courts.

This is just a small sampling of the lawlessness of this administration. From the Zimmerman trial, the EPA phony-address emails, the handing of farmers' personal information to green activists, down to the illegal campaigning by Cabinet members, the list continues.

This lawlessness is the leading cause of distrust in government. As polls show, it's also the leading cause of President Obama's lost luster as America's leader.

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/081613-667885-obama-presidency-leaves-a-lawless-legacy.htm?p=full
 

Mike

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Yea, but Bush set the precedence............................ :lol: :lol: :lol:

Face it. We will never get over how stupid OT was/is. :wink:
 

loomixguy

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Can you imagine the moaning, groaning, and pants pizzing he would be doing if it was Bush pulling off these stunts???

He should be bursting with pride over the way he wasted his vote last November.
 

Tam

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When you add the fact that he LIED about Benghazi, He thinks the NSA and IRS scandals are PHONEY, He backs the Muslim Brotherhood who has ties to the Death of a US Ambassador, and his need to spike the ball over Bin Laden's death lead to the imprisonment of a person the helped the US find Bin Laden and the death of members of the Seal Team that took Bin Laden out, you have to wonder just what this absolutely disgusting despicable fraud would have to do to get himself impeached by the friggin Republicans that are doing nothing more the putting on a show like their care about what is happening to the US under Obama.

It is time to do more than play act and REALLY ACT on doing something to stop Obama in his power grabbing tracks before the US is totally bankrupt and destroyed. :mad: :mad: :mad:
 

Steve

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over the last few weeks.. every time a conservative makes an effort to stop the Obamacare train-wreck.. the liberals scream... "It's the Law of the Land"

we so is our immigration law..

as well as our drug laws..

and a host of other laws Obama is ignoring...

if Obamacare is the law of the land.. then abide by it.. and treat "ALL" laws with the same respect.. not cherry picking bits and pieces to enforce..

after all they are the Law of the Land...
 

cowman52

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Some where some bit of intelligence is going to be found about some democrat such as Queen Nancy, or Reid, and then the shite will hit the fan.
 

Steve

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cowman52 said:
Some where some bit of intelligence is going to be found about some democrat such as Queen Nancy, or Reid, and then the shite will hit the fan.

No chance of "intelligence" being found on, near or about queen nancy.. :lol:
 

Sandhusker

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Steve said:
over the last few weeks.. every time a conservative makes an effort to stop the Obamacare train-wreck.. the liberals scream... "It's the Law of the Land"

we so is our immigration law..

as well as our drug laws..

and a host of other laws Obama is ignoring...

if Obamacare is the law of the land.. then abide by it.. and treat "ALL" laws with the same respect.. not cherry picking bits and pieces to enforce..

after all they are the Law of the Land...
:agree:
 

Tam

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If Obama gave a SH*T about the American people he would do his job and not just show up for photo ops. The man can not run again for office but he is still using tax payer dollars and Air Force One to fly around the country attending fund raisers. :roll:

If he cared about the LAW he would STOP PROMOTING those that are breaking the law by targeting his enemies IE Conservatives in the IRS and those snooping on US citizens in the NSA. But nope they are PHONEY SCANDALS and those carrying out these phoney scandals deserve being promoted to a higher office :mad:

If he cared to actually be PRESIDENT he would stay the h*ll off the golf course and do his job but nope Tiger Woods is more important than finding out who is not telling him what is going on in HIS ADMINISTRATION.

How many time is he going to be able to say he found out about something through media reports before people realize he is either LYING about it or he is being lied to by those that are REALLY IN CHARGE AND RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE? :?

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