“Legal scholars have questioned whether the Constitution permits President Obama to categorically suspend valid laws based on political or administrative convenience.” … Maybe Congress is dysfunctional because any political capital they spend on legislation may come to naught if the President [Obama] can select which laws he will or will not enforce. ========= By Brian Callanan The Obama administration is in... Read more
Archive for the ‘US Constitution’ Category
A Legal Poison Pill for ObamaCare
January 14 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, ObamaCare, US ConstitutionObama’s Magnitsky Walkback
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, US ConstitutionI’ve asked before: Is Obama “faithfully executing” the laws of the United States or isn’t he? =========== A year ago President Obama signed the Magnitsky Act, an historic human-rights bill aimed at Russian abuses. [As far as I understand, this is the law of the land.] The Administration has now marked the anniversary by flouting the law and reneging on its promise... Read more
The IRS Attack on Political Speech
August 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The Left, US ConstitutionProbably one of the most important pieces I have include in this blog. ======= By BRADLEY A. SMITH The Internal Revenue Service’s scandalous targeting of tea party and conservative groups refuses to die, as one by one the administration’s explanations prove untrue. We were told that the White House, like the rest of the country, learned about the program on May 10 through a planted... Read more
Can’t Wait for Others to See The Light
August 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The Left, US ConstitutionMy initial thought is that liberals- some of my friends included -would not like this at all. But Mr. Henninger makes a good point: “The political left, historically inclined by ideological belief to public policy that is imposed rather than legislated…” ====== If we learned anything about Barack Obama in his first term it is that when he starts repeating the same... Read more
Obama: I Don’t Like That Law
July 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCare, The Left, US ConstitutionSmart? Yes, he is. But all that ‘smart’ if for his benefit, not for the country. Call me cynical, but even I am surprised that the left is so quiet about this selective execution of the law- especially that law they so desparately wanted. ================ By MICHAEL W. MCCONNELLPresident Obama’s decision last week to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care... Read more
An ObamaCare Board Answerable to No One
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCare, US ConstitutionLong, but worth the read. When people don’t pay attention, and when one branch of [U.S.] government abdicates its responsibilities, this is what happens. =============== By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. And ELIZABETH P. FOLEY Signs of ObamaCare’s failings mount daily, including soaring insurance costs, looming provider shortages and inadequate insurance exchanges. Yet the law’s most disturbing feature may be the Independent Payment Advisory... Read more
