Pen & a Phone Disorder
We are nothing without the Rule of Law. President Obama has breached the Rule of Law countless times during his term in office, and the lack of a true opposition party has allowed him to get away with it. His lawless actions breed disrespect for law, encouraging lesser officials to engage in tyrannical behavior themselves. Case in point: Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring issued an opinion favoring in-state tuition for illegal alien DREAMers, a proposal that had just been defeated in the state legislature. Virginia state schools promptly followed suit. Every breach of the Rule of Law takes us one step farther away from a constitutional Republic. And they have the nerve to call US anarchists! THEY are the anarchists.
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We are nothing without the Rule of Law. President Obama has breached the Rule of Law countless times during his term in office, and the lack of a true opposition party has allowed him to get away with it. His lawless actions breed disrespect for law, encouraging lesser officials to engage in tyrannical behavior themselves. Case in point: Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring issued an opinion favoring in-state tuition for illegal alien DREAMers, a proposal that had just been defeated in the state legislature. Virginia state schools promptly followed suit. Every breach of the Rule of Law takes us one step farther away from a constitutional Republic. And they have the nerve to call US anarchists! THEY are the anarchists.
2016
- Two colleges create ‘sanctuary campuses’ for illegal alien students, more schools may follow. (Nov) Daily Signal
- In school transgender ‘guidance’, Obama administration puffed up federal sex discrimination law to sweep in gender identity without statutory authority. Daily Signal
- Education Department using ‘guidance’ documents instead of regulations in order to skirt Administrative Procedure Act. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
- Education Department using ‘guidance’ documents instead of regulations in order to skirt Administrative Procedure Act. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
- Court slaps Obama administration down on unappropriated Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies. CNN
- Labor Department finalizes rule, goes beyond statute in requiring companies to disclose names of attorneys and consultants giving unionization advice. Wall Street Journal
- AmeriCorps facilitating abortion, in violation of federal law. Fairfax Free Citizen
- EPA moving ahead with elements of Clean Power Plan despite Supreme Court stay. Daily Caller
- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Democrat, uses phone and a pen to extend voting rights to convicted felons; Republican House weighs legal options. Fairfax Free Citizen
- Treasury and Labor Departments have no authority for recent rules they issued; Jack Lew specifically said he didn’t have the power, but did it anyway. Daily Signal
- Obama administration sends $500 million to UN climate fund without appropriations from Congress. Heartland Institute
- Illegal Obama administration practice gives DACA dreamers pathway to citizenship. Sen. Mike Lee
- FCC shocked when secretive White House effort undermined agency’s independence by demanding heavy Internet regulation. Wall Street Journal
- House lawmakers object to Obama move granting visa waivers for journalists, etc. who visit terror countries; ‘not provided in the law, contrary to congressional intent’. Read letter here
2014
- 10/8/14 On Obama's use of drone strikes killing four Americans overseas, former President Jimmy Carter said: "I really object to the killing of people - particularly Americans - overseas, that haven't been brought to justice and put to a trial. To me, that violates our Constitution...." Source: Daily Signal
- 8/14 NJ Cop: We Don’t Have to Follow Constitution, Because Obama Doesn’t - In another illustration of the growing lawlessness permeating American governance from the top down, a police officer in Helmetta, New Jersey, was caught on video claiming he did not have to obey the Constitution because the President does not. “I don't even care about that because Obama has decimated the friggin' Constitution,” policeman Richard Recine responded to a citizen claiming to have the right to video record in a police station. “So I don't give a damn. Because if he doesn't follow the Constitution, we don't have to.” After a heated discussion, Steve Wronko, the citizen in the video who was apparently there to investigate problems with the local animal shelter, is escorted from the police station under threat of arrest. The footage quickly went viral, prompting the officer to resign after public outrage over the comments made national headlines. More than a few commentators, though, pointed out that his assessment of Obama’s constitutional fidelity was accurate. In comments after his resignation, Recine disavowed the remarks. “I don't believe that at all,” he said. “I'm the most patriotic person in the world. I believe in God, the flag, country, the Constitution.” He does still believe that Obama has trampled the Constitution.
- 8/22/14 Bergdahl prisoner exchange violated the law, GAO reports. Source: NPR
- 7/16/14 Liberal law professor Jonathan Turley warns Congress it must act against Obama’s power grabs or face “self-destruction” as a body. Source: Daily Caller
- 6/27/14 Supreme Court unanimously slaps down Obama's 'recess' NLRB appointments
- 6/3/14 Sen. Feinstein: Obama broke the law by not informing Congress before Bergdahl exchange. ABC News
- 2014: instituting cap and trade through the EPA after failing to get it through Congress
Other
- 23 lawless unilateral changes to Obamacare
- ignored the bankruptcy laws in wiping out the GM bondholders
- refused to enforce federal immigration law at the border
- ignored the restrictions in Obamacare by allowing subsidies to flow to states that refuse to set up their own exchanges
- ignored the welfare reform law by gutting the work requirements
