... "What Obama has done by riding roughshod over the Constitution will come back to haunt us in the future. Any president from now on can use the "Obama rule" to change legislation more to his liking or political advantage, making a mockery of the separation of powers and well-ordered government."
; Rand Paul’s Frivolous NSA Lawsuit ... "It is true that the NSA’s program may be illegal. But that has nothing to do with the Constitution." ...
William Kristol; ‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’
Sure, we know Mr. Obama said that in light-hearted jest. But the words have summed up this administration and it's actions since 2009.
... "What’s more, as Rogers explained, the Obama administration decided that employers who fall below 100 employees “must certify to the IRS—under the threat of perjury—that the reasons for your employee head count have nothing to do with your opposition to or avoidance of Obamacare. . . . It’s jaw-dropping that if you fall below 100 employees, the burden will be on you to prove that you meant no disrespect to Obamacare.”
"... and now the White House has opened the door to prosecuting those they deem to be insufficiently committed to Obamacare. When will the nightmare end?' ”
The key point here for me is this: "Unless, that is, our elected officials in Congress act to defend the rule of law. ...It’s Congress that has the powers of oversight, of the purse, of confirmation, and of legislation. It’s true that one chamber, the Senate, is of no use because for the Democrats who control it party loyalty seems to have trumped institutional responsibility. But the Republicans control the House, the people’s House.
"The Republican party’s “brand” has been tarnished in recent years... But perhaps part of the solution is for the Republican party to go back to its roots as the party of the rule of law and of equality before the law."
Emphases added, TD
