"Will Congress and the courts do anything about it?"
Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey
ANSWER:
No
Posted on 03/05/2015 10:28:34 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Can the president rewrite federal laws? Can he alter their meaning? Can he change their effect? These are legitimate questions in an era in which we have an unpopular progressive Democratic president who has boasted that he can govern without Congress by using his phone and his pen, and a mostly newly elected largely conservative Republican Congress with its own ideas about big government.
These are not hypothetical questions. In 2012, President Obama signed executive orders that essentially said to about 1.7 million unlawfully present immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before their 16th birthdays and who are not yet 31 years of age that if they complied with certain conditions that he made up out of thin air they will not be deported.
In 2014, the president signed additional executive orders that essentially made the same offer to about 4.7 million unlawfully present immigrants, without the age limits that he had made up out of thin air. A federal court enjoined enforcement of the 2014 orders last month.
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission -- the bureaucrats appointed by the president who regulate broadcast radio and television -- decreed that it has the authority to regulate the Internet, even though federal courts have twice ruled that it does not.
Also last week, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, whose director is appointed by the president, proposed regulations that would outlaw the only mass-produced bullets that can be fired from an AR-15 rifle. This rifle has been the target of the left for many years because it looks like a military weapon; yet it is a lawful and safe civilian rifle commonly owned by many Americans.
Thisweek, the president’s press secretary told reporters that the president is seriously thinking of signing executive orders intended to raise taxes...
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“The question remains: what are WE going to do about it?”
That IS the main question. Until enough people are willing to lose everything they own - there will be nothing we can do. Most people are unable to stand up to anything because they are tied down to everything. House payment, car, boat, credit cards, family obligations. Until the people are hurting enough, the masses we need to stand up to them won’t happen. Other options are Article V, yet how long will that take? Nationwide strike? Stop buying everything that isn’t necessary for survival. Then we end up hurting some of our own - business owners. Until the masses are ready, any action will be ignored, or treated as whackos.
if he can turn his back on the law and the Constitution, then we can turn our back on him.
I'm sure if the Founders could have imagined a future Congress that would allow this, they would have made it explicit.
"Will Congress and the courts do anything about it?"
Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey
ANSWER:
No
“His job from the beginning was to “fundamentally transform America””
He made that promise before he was elected. The people voted to be fundamentally transformed. That means that most of the voting population already was fundamentally transformed before the election. Don’t blame Obama. Blame the gut that dumped stupid pills into the water supply.
Obama comes from a long line of "Rouges"....
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