President Obama on Sunday said Congress’ failure to approve immigration legislation served as legal justification for his executive order legalizing 4.1 million undocumented immigrants.
Indeed, Obama suggested during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week” that his action would have been on shakier legal ground had Congress actually passed comprehensive immigration reform. Obama made his claim when asked to explain how his executive order compared to previous presidents, who acted only after the enactment of a law approved by Congress, and to fulfill the intent of the legislative branch.
“I’m not sure that argues in favor,” Obama said. “If Congress acted specifically and left something out and then a president goes in right afterwards and does more than Congress agreed to, it’s actually not different. It’s similar.”
Obama sidestepped when pressed by “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos to explain why he moved forward with executive action he had previously claimed was beyond his constitutional authority. The president also dismissed the notion that future presidents could use Obama’s precedent to take expansive executive action on immigration to give Americans a pass on paying their taxes without approval from Congress.
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"..future presidents could use Obama’s precedent to take expansive executive action.."
ReplyDeleteThis is what scares the hell out of me., and it should scare you, too.
Where in the hell has our "democratic republic" gone? And, I'll answer my own question, it's morphing, before our very eyes, into a dictatorship., and we are letting it happen.
They are playing 'apathy and indifference'.., and winning.
Hail king Obama.
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