Thursday, February 13, 2014

Obama in 2008: 'I Intend to Reverse' Executive Power Grabs, Go Through Congress



Hot Off The Presses: Devastating New ‘Executive Power’ Video Nails Obama - Newbusters

Abusive, unlawful, and even potentially unconstitutional unilateral action has been a hallmark of the Obama Administration.

Obama in 2008: ‘I Intend to Reverse’ Executive Power Grabs, Go Through Congress - Washington Free Beacon

...Nearly six years later, President Obama has pledged to unilaterally enact key portions of his legislative agenda if Congress refuses to accede to his priorities.

Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal workers, in a move that some experts say is illegal.

The order was the first in what Obama is calling his “year of action,” in which he will use his “pen and phone” to circumvent Congress and increase the executive’s power to make law.

Repeated changes to the controversial Obamacare law have also been criticized as potentially illegal end-runs around Congress, as the president unilaterally changes the law to reduce to the economic pain the law is causing.