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Constitutional Lawyer In The White House Out To Destroy The Constitution
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July 1, 2014 by leomcneil



Remind me what Constitutional law case President Obama was ever involved in before he took office.


His expertise in Constitutional law is limited to pontificating about cases and leading classroom discussions as an adjunct law professor. Why does the White House insist on calling Obama a Constitutional lawyer every time they disagree with the Supreme Court? Do they really think calling him as such negates the fact that the Court is made up of practicing Constitutional lawyers? Likely they’re counting on the low information voter not realizing the Court is made up of Constitutional lawyers or that Obama was never actually a Constitutional lawyer. Take your pick.

The President has declared he’s going to have to “fix” the immigration system all by himself. This after Speaker John Boehner allegedly told Obama that the House wouldn’t vote on any immigration bills this year. What does the Constitutional lawyer in the White House imagine he is going to do about fixing the immigration system unilaterally? Sen. Dick Durbin has suggested Obama will “ borrow” the power. From whom exactly? There is no Constitutional provision allowing the President to borrow power from Congress or the Judicial branch. The branches are co-equal after all, despite progressive notions that the executive is supreme.

Because of Obama’s unilateral decision not to deport young illegals, the border is currently being flooded with tens of thousands of young people.

The border is an absolute mess right now, unsanitary and ripe with disease. The President has indicated he will shift border patrol agents down to the Mexican border. That is one of the few unilateral moves he can make, provided Congress hasn’t passed a law requiring troop levels in specific places. The question though is what will Obama actually do with these agents. Will they be used in a humanitarian effort, thus encouraging more children to come here or will they be used to deport and prevent return?

It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Obama signs an executive order that basically re-writes American immigration law. He’s already done so by ordering the Federal government to abide by the Dream Act, which was never passed by Congress.

What authority under the Constitution does the President derive the power to legislate? You would think the Constitutional lawyer in the White House would understand that the power to legislate is granted not to the executive branch but to the legislative branch. Only Congress has the power to write and pass laws. It’s the job of the President to enforce the laws passed by Congress. It has never been within the power of the President to write the law unilaterally.

Obama is both power hungry and a progressive. On the power hungry side of things he wants what he wants and he wants it now. He’s been critical of Constitutional government in the past, acknowledging his envy of the power Chinese dictators have. His real issue though is that he’s a progressive. Since the progressive movement began in the late 19th century their goal has been a powerful executive branch that essentially makes Congress irrelevant. Thus in his first term Obama whined about dealing with Congressmen from podunkville when he would rather be dictating to the country. Obama agrees with the progressive vision of an all powerful executive and a minimized and largely irrelevant Congress. His next move is to create precedent for unilateral executive action on a major issue of the day. If successful, the Constitution will essentially be finished.
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