Obama threatens vetoes of bills requiring him to follow the law‏

Tea Party ^ | Mar. 12, 2014 | Washington Examiner

[progunner]

President Obama is threatening to veto a law that would allowCongress to sue him in federal courts for arbitrarily changing or refusing to enforce federal laws because it “violates the separation of powers” by encroaching on his presidential authority.

“The power the bill purports to assign to Congress to sue the President over whether he has properly discharged his constitutional obligation to take care that the laws be faithfully executed exceeds constitutional limitations,” the White House Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday in a statement of administration policy. “Congress may not assign such power to itself, nor may it assign to the courts the task of resolving such generalized political disputes.”

The lead sponsor of the measure, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said it was designed to curb Obama’s abuse of presidential authority, most notably in his frequent changes to Obamacare.

“We have pursued certain remedies afforded to Congress to address executive overreach but these efforts have been thwarted,” Gowdy said. “This bill is necessary; it will give Congress the authority to defend this branch of government as the Framers and our fellow citizens would expect.”

Obama also threatened to veto another bill by Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., which would require the administration to explain decisions not to enforce laws when those decisions are rooted in policy concerns rather than just constitutional concerns (which the Justice Department is already required to do).

“The American people deserve to know exactly which laws the Obama administration is refusing to enforce and why,” DeSantis said when introducing his bill.

OMB said DeSantis’ law is too burdensome. “The bill would inordinately expand current law, which already requires reports to Congress when non-enforcement of federal law is based on constitutional grounds,” Obama’s team said in a statement of administration policy.

“Federal agencies are continually engaged in the process of determining how to concentrate limited enforcement resources most effectively. … The vastly expanded reporting scheme required by the bill would be unduly burdensome and would place the Attorney General in the unprecedented position of having to be kept informed of and report on enforcement decisions made by every other Federal agency,” the statement continued.

The House is scheduled to vote on both bills Wednesday.

On the same day that DeSantis introduced his bill, Attorney General Eric Holder told Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, that he thought Obama was “probably at the height of his constitutional power” when issuing the delays of Obamacare mandates, though he acknowledged that he couldn’t explain the precise legal analysis.

“When you look at the quality, not just the quantity but the quality, the nature of the executive orders that he has issued, he has usurped an extraordinary amount of authority within the executive branch,” Lee said at the time. “This is not precedented, and I point to the delay — the unilateral delay, lawless delay, in my opinion — of the employer mandate as an example of this. And so, at a minimum, I think he owes us an explanation as to what his legal analysis was.”

[Girlene]

I know, but Toni Morrison thought differently.

Toni Morrison

In writing about the 1998 impeachment of Bill Clinton, Morrison wrote that, since Whitewater, Bill Clinton had been mistreated because of his "Blackness":

"Years ago, in the middle of the Whitewater investigation, one heard the first murmurs: white skin notwithstanding, this is our first black President. Blacker than any actual black person who could ever be elected in our children's lifetime. After all, Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald’s-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas."[21]

The phrase "our first Black president" was adopted as a positive by Bill Clinton supporters. When the Congressional Black Caucus honored the former president at its dinner in Washington D.C. on September 29, 2001, for instance, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), the chair, told the audience that Clinton "took so many initiatives he made us think for a while we had elected the first black president."[22] In the context of the 2008 Democratic Primary campaign, Morrison stated to Time magazine: "People misunderstood that phrase. I was deploring the way in which President Clinton was being treated, vis-à-vis the sex scandal that was surrounding him. I said he was being treated like a black on the street, already guilty, already a perp. I have no idea what his real instincts are, in terms of race."[23] In the Democratic primary contest for the 2008 presidential race, Morrison endorsed Senator Barack Obama over Senator Hillary Clinton,[24] though expressing admiration and respect for the latter.[25]

[MaxMax]

So impeach his white butt instead of his black face.

[progunner]

I agree with Obama

Please elaborate,,,, about what may I be brazen enough to ask. I'm quite perplexed. And I'd like a real good answer to why, if congress had balls and the morality, Obama could't be arrested and thrown in the brig before you could count to ½.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Impeach and remove and the law is already in place.

”and remove” - aye, there’s the rub. In what universe does a Senate chaired by Harry Reid remove Obama? Of course it is vital that it be done - but the Senate won’t do it, and we have the experience of the Clinton impeachment to give pause to any House politician who considers it. So I guess we can’t realistically expect any Republican to impeach until 2015 - if then.

Instead of passing a law that he can veto without looking any worse than he already does, pass a bill authorizing him to do approximately what he has been doing (by delaying ObamaCare), but threatens to veto. And if he vetoes that, then impeach him for violating a law which Congress offered to make null. But of course, even that course of action can take place ONLY if the Republicans take a majority in the Senate - and even then, a 2/3 vote for removal almost certainly could not be attained. But at least, an impeachment could be put on the books, even failing of conviction, without it being certain political suicide for the Republicans. If that impeachment failed of conviction, the impeachment power would officially be a dead letter. If it isn’t already.

[INVAR]

That’s hysterically funny.

Right.

IMPEACH Obama.

Unicorns will fly out of Boehner’s arse and shart Skittle Rainbows for the world to see before articles of impeachment would ever be put to paper in committee, much less charges filed in the House and a conviction in the Senate.

And even, even if God Almighty Himself comes down from Heaven above and points to our side of the field and gives Impeachment the Parting of the Red Sea treatment - Obama will remain in office because he will simply ignore the conviction the same way he ignores the rest of the Supreme Law of the Land he does not like.

Then there’s the burning cities fueled by idle Union thugs hungry to incite Obama’s civil security force into action.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

“We were particularly disappointed to see so-called Republican reformers like Jeff Denham, David Valadao, and Mike Coffman support this measure, along with Democrats such as Henry Cuellar and Pete Gallego.

AmericasVoice for Amnesty.

http://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=263649cc-0c9e-4c97-bc04-5c71da5badad

The bill is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Kelly Ayotte (N.H), John Barrasso (Wyo.), John Boozman (Ark.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), John Cornyn (Texas), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Deb Fischer (Neb.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Ky.), John Thune (S.D.), Tim Scott (S.C.), David Vitter (La.), and Roger Wicker (Miss.).

[ridesthemiles]

Soooo—Congress OVER RIDES his veto.

[petitfour]

The remedy is to impeach and remove.

[Graewoulf]

Yup. Impeach Hussein Soetoro-Obama in 2014, PERIOD.

[morphing libertarian]

The tendency for the dem majority in the senate to leave the criminal in office is not significant enough for the house to shirk their responsibilities. Let the senate do their thing. But the police and DA should not ignore serious crime because th judges are corrupt.

[INVAR]

In the REAL WORLD how does that even transcend fantasy?

I will be able to turn lead into gold by a mere incantation before Obama would ever be impeached.

[Graewoulf]

The US Senate has absolutely NOTHING to do with Impeachment.

Impeachment is solely a function of the US House of Representatives.

Impeach B. Hussein Soetoro-Obama in 2014, PERIOD.

[INVAR]

The Senate has “absolutely NOTHING to do with impeachment”???

So tell me, how does the House convict and remove the Executive????

Again, I will be able to turn lead into gold by use of magic words obtained from a prize in a Cracker Jack box before the House of Representatives will ever introduce Articles of Impeachment against His Heinous Barack Hussein Obama.

Impeachment is a political IMPOSSIBILITY, PERIOD.

History teaches that tyrants NEVER, EVER leave power by civil means. NEVER.

[Graewoulf]

Removal from office can ONLY be accomplished AFTER a perp. is impeached.

The House is the Police, and the Senate is the Judge and Jury.

First the House must Impeach the POS.

Then the Senate determines if the Impeached POS should be removed from office.

Most FReepers fall in the all or nothing camp and only want a clear path to removal.

Our Constitution makes it very clear: Impeach first by the House, and then have the Senate decide on Removal.

[Graewoulf]

The objective is to punish all those who violate their sacred oaths to defend the US Constitution.

A bi-weekly Impeachment of B. Hussein Obama would be needed to punish him for all of his Constitutional violations over the last 5 years, but I will be satisfied with just one Impeachment.

Obama’s Removal from Office by the US Senate would be good for America, but Reid’s Senate has not yet demonstrated an interest in what is good for America.

Since the RINOs have control of the US House of Representatives in 2014, 2014 is the last year that we can be certain that Obama could be Impeached.

The RINOs assume that they will maintain control of the US House, but their usual desire to lose to Democrats is so strong, that their assumption may not be a valid one.

Impeach B. Hussein Soetoro-Obama in 2014, PERIOD.

[INVAR]

Removal from office can ONLY be accomplished AFTER a perp. is impeached. The House is the Police, and the Senate is the Judge and Jury. First the House must Impeach the POS.

Unicorns will fly out your arse and it will snow cheese before Boehner and the Ruling Class GOP would ever permit such a thing to happen.

If the GOP went Ken Doll after that short "government shutdown" and vowed it "will never happen again" - what in the world makes you think that they would even let the thought of impeaching the Emperor cross their minds????

The objective is to punish all those who violate their sacred oaths to defend the US Constitution.

Will require other than civil means to achieve that objective. As already evidenced, the law is only what Obama and Holder say it is.

Obama’s Removal from Office by the US Senate would be good for America, but Reid’s Senate has not yet demonstrated an interest in what is good for America.

Neither has Boehner's House or the GOP leadership.

Since the RINOs have control of the US House of Representatives in 2014, 2014 is the last year that we can be certain that Obama could be Impeached.

Are you daft? Delusional or farcical? The GOP Establishment HAVE ZERO Stomach or intention to impeach The Won. Boehner will no more permit articles to be drafted anymore than allowing them to come to the floor for a vote.

We would have better luck expecting Boehner to immediately defund ObamaCare, refuse to raise the debt ceiling and declaring the push for Amnesty dead in 2014, while enacting efforts to enforce the border and the law.

Skittle Rainbows. Unicorns. Obama Impeachment. All fantasy.

Obama will not leave his seat of power by any civil means, PERIOD. In ANY year.

Obama has already stated myriad times that Congress is irrelevant anyway. Doesn't matter what they do. If they ever did try to draft articles of Impeachment - Obama would dissolve the Congress after declaring it taken over by 'racist extremist terrorists'. And the MSM would applaud and the majority welfare army would cheer the official establishment of a dictatorship - which we already have by default.

There's wishful thinking, and delusions of grandeur.

The reality of Impeaching Obama falls into the latter category.

[Graewoulf]

” - - - Boehner will no more permit articles to be drafted anymore than allowing them to come to the floor for a vote. - - - “

You are exactly right: Boehner must resign as Speaker of the House, Trey Gowdy needs to be the new Speaker, and Obama can then be Impeached.

Impeach Soetoro-Obama in 2014, PERIOD.

[INVAR]

What is it like to live in fantasyland?

Boehner will resign the moment after Obama repents and issues an executive order that rescinds and nullifies everything he has done in office, abolishes the IRS and the EPA…. and you fart unicorns in your sleep.