Another Racist Right-Winger railing against Obama's Extra-Constitutionalism

I saw that interview the other night. This morning the California Representative Garamendia (D) said that it was within the law written that Obama could do that. It's in the constitution that he can't but those dems think since they write a law it will trump the constitution.
I'm hoping that Remington has a swing by D.C. when they move to Alabama.

I don't know how you can legally stop it. I think the next Rep pres should abuse it so badly, that it forces Congress and the Courts to make whatever legal changes to whatever document is needed to completely remove the President's ability to order anything extraneous to existing law. Maybe the Supreme Court will have to review every executive order before it can be effected.

There also needs to be a way to force the executive branch to execute the existing laws and not choose to ignore those they don't like.

True Constitutional Conservatives like Paul, Cruz et al...should admit that the RINOS don't have the dedication to stop it; so, we'll have to use it as a blessing in disguise...WHEN the whole system collapse and Red America thumbs the Population Centers, takes over their own communities, and then progresses to forcibly put Government back where it belongs. Off the backs of responsible folk.

And all that Executive Power will come in handy, during that collapse, reboot and 'transition'. There is NO WAY that we'll be able to do what has to be done and remain within the (old) constraints of the Constitution. Lemons...into lemonade.

I've heard that what goes around, comes around; and that "I will take the wise in their own craftiness" (Biblical)....looks to me like that's what's coming. Obama is just setting the table. He'll probably be...what's for dinner.

Well why should The Noble Idea be constrained by a 200+ year old document? And why should a Transformative Leader like The Dear Leader allow himself to accept the artificial constructs of a bunch of dead white guys?

Separation of Powers is a sucker's game, and for Reactionaries.
The Revolution requires more... um...elbow room.
Forward, bitches!

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Just WAIT until my boys in the GOP get a taste of that power.

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Dems, actually scratch that, all politicians are so fricking shortsighted it amazes me. They have no concept that power they are using today could and will be used against them one day. They're living in a fantasy land if they think they'll be in power forever. frick them for instigating and continuing the cycle as no doubt the GOP will pull the same shite when they get back in power.

For example, Harry Reid moaned and wailed against the republicans using the nuclear option when Bush was president and that POS has the nerve to actually use the nuclear option.

I really hate politicians.

I think he was actually speaking to the media, though. Can you imagine the media letting a republican getting away with such extra-constitutional usurpation of power?

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Bush is taking a page from Bill Clinton's playbook by adopting a series of mini-initiatives to change policy through executive orders and administration actions that don't require legislation. An example: He recently ordered some military aviation routes cleared for "express lanes" to facilitate commercial flights along the congested East Coast to reduce delays during the holidays. It seemed a popular move and gained him lots of media attention, even though bad weather and a severely strained air-traffic-control system could easily foil the plan. Bush also ordered increases in compensation for airline passengers who are bumped from overbooked flights (although it won't take effect for several months). Other unilateral moves are in the pipeline to improve healthcare for injured war veterans, allow more farm workers to enter the country legally, and promote alternative fuels and reduce the use of foreign oil. Although these solo actions may not go very far, Bush has little choice. His influence with the Democratic majority in Congress is dwindling fast as he enters his final year in office.

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Obama’s policy strategy: Ignore laws

Conservatives were angry when Janet Napolitano announced the administration would stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants, but they should have seen it coming. On issue after issue — gay rights, drug enforcement, Internet gambling, school achievement standards — the administration has chosen to achieve its goals by a method best described as passive-aggressive.

Rather than pushing new laws through a divided Congress to enact his agenda, Obama is relying on federal agencies to ignore, or at least not defend, laws that some of his important supporters — like Hispanic voters and the gay community — don’t like.

“If the president says we’re not going to enforce the law, there’s really nothing anyone can do about it,” University of Pennsylvania constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt said. “It’s clearly a political calculation.

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See any difference?

If history teaches us anything, it's that there is hell to pay when the pendulum swings back too far. These things correct, but usually only after a sizeable body count and major societal collapse.

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See any difference?

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Yes, one is history, one is now. Which one do you think is the problem?

Why don't you go find something Rutherford B. Hayes did dumbass, would be about as relevant.

That's one thing libs cannot get through their thick skulls. Conservatives didn't like Bush all that much either (but he sure as shite was better than gore or kerry would have been, demonstrably smarter than both, too).