Obamacare is a Congressional act, howbeit an unconstitutional congressional act. The Constitution only authorizes Congress to make legislation.
To the degree Trump is initiating legislative acts, he is imitating Obama’s unconstitutional behavior. NOT GOOD!
Doing the wrong thing for the right reason is still WRONG!!!
THE issue in America isn’t healthcare, it is THE CONSTITUTION, LIMITED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and STOPPING FEDERAL TYRANNY.
When the Right violates the Constitution for the “right” reason they enable the Left to utterly dispose of the Constitution and establish REAL tyranny.
The answer to unconstitutional Obamacare is for the executive branch AND the states to simply NOT ENFORCE Obamacare until the American People FORCE Congress to act and legislate constitutionally.
To the degree Trump rejects and refuses to enforce Obamacare because it is unconstitutional, to that degree Trump is behaving constitutionally. But Trump must not change or create law through EO’s like Obama did.
The Democrats have gutted the constitution and rule of law. If we don’t play by their rules we may be finished. But as you point out, we may be finished either way. Pick your poison.
Obamacare was forced on us via fraud and deceit—the executive branch can and should protect the citizens from such abuses.
Congress has been utterly derelict.
As I read the ACA there were a lot of things that were left at the discretion of the Executive branch. There were all sorts of waivers that could be granted or taken away. Which is the only reason the congress critters aren’t required to adhere to it.
I see this Executive Order as a major implementation of the allowed waiver authority granted the Executive branch by the Legislative branch. Very similar to regulatory authority in a number of other areas, where the congress has (in my mind unconstitutionally despite what the SC stated in the early 1900s) passed regulatory authority to various executive bureaus, administrations, committees, commissions, etc.