Saturday, June 16, 2012

Commentary on Obama's immigration speech

Video: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness",  Charles Krauthammer said on "FOX News Special Report" Friday. (Video)
"Beyond the pandering, beyond the politics, beyond the process is simple constitutional decency. This is out-and-out lawlessness. You had a clip of the president himself say months ago 'I cannot do this on my own because there are laws on the books.' Well, I have news for the president: The laws remain on the books, they haven't changed," 

2011: "America is a nation of laws"; 2012: "I didn't ask for an argument"   Excellent post with numerous sources quoted: "But what a difference nine little months and declining reelection prospects have made. Now King Barack, ironically a "constitutional scholar," has decided that he does, after all, "have a choice" and, in effect, we aren't a nation of laws. Can he do that? John Yoo says no, not legally."  Pundit and Pundette

I am your king!

Obama's cheerleader team (MSM journalists) attack reporter who questioned Obama

A sterling example of that “world class temperament” we’ve often been told about 
"It’s amazing, though, how much “world class temperament” resembles the behavior of an irritable, spoiled four year old:"  Billy Hollis at Q and O

Lloyd Marcus: Obama: Going Rogue," ...running as no other Democrat before him, openly declaring war on America. The opposing armies are Obama's entitlement-minded-social-justice-zealots vs. hardworking Americans -- patriots who love their country and respect our Constitution."


This writer sees Obama as worse than that: Obama Lurching Toward Tyranny  "The fact is that government no longer treats the Constitution as law binding it. As a result, government not only violates the Constitution with greater frequency and even more contempt, but government bureaucrats violate the very laws they enforce that are subordinate to the Constitution."

"The problem, of course is that such suits take time to percolate through the court system. Hopefuly King ( if he's serious) will start out by asking the courts for an injunction blocking implementation."

Joshuapundit: Obama's New Election Strategy: Amnesty By Executive Order  "The president is also outright lying when he says this will make sense economically. At a time of high unemployment, it will simply price American citizens out of the job market in favor of illegal aliens willing to work for less pay and at worse conditions." 

Under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, the president has the duty to “Take Care That The Laws Be Faithfully Executed”
"This provision was included to make sure that the president could not simply choose, as the British King had, to cancel legislation simply because he disagreed with it. President Obama cannot refuse to carry out a congressional statute simply because he thinks it advances the wrong policy. To do so violates the very core of his constitutional duties."

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