The United States was born when rebellious colonists declared their independence from an imperial ruler who had vastly overstepped his bounds. “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations,all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States,” they wrote in their Declaration of Independence.
Today’s presidency lacks the regal air of George III. But imperialism is back,in a big way.
Last week,the Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum instructing U.S. immigration officials to use their “prosecutorial discretion” to create a policy scheme contrary to existing law,designed to implement legislation that Congress hasn’t passed.
The President himself has admitted he doesn’t have the authority to do this. “The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting,I promise you,not just on immigration reform. But that’s not how our system works,” he told Hispanic activists last year. “That’s not how our democracy functions.”
Indeed.
We can now see before us a persistent pattern of disregard for the powers of the legislative branch in favor of administrative decision-making without—and often in spite of—congressional action. This violates the spirit—and potentially the letter—of the Constitution’s separation of the legislative and executive powers of Congress and the President.
Read More at heritage.org. By Matthew Spalding.
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Obama considers himself above the law. he feels he can do anything he wants and get away with it. Mainly because no one will stop him. Congress is full of "Wimps"that let him hve his way. The only thing he can't do is walk on water.
Yes,Obama has indeed assumed the role of dictator and has eschewed the democracy ordained by the framers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. And we haven’t seen anything yet. If Obama is elected to a second term,he will feel no concern about public opinion as he extends his “executive”privilege or dictatorial power to every facet of American life. As he expressed it to Putin of Russian,“After the election I will have more FLEXIBILITY.”He will feel no sense of accountability to voters as he uses his power to implement policies which the American public will certainly disapprove. Right now he is handicapped by the need to placate voters. When that need is removed,the sky will literally be the limit to presidential skulduggery in destroying democracy!