Going off script — turning away from his teleprompter — Obama acknowledged that he did what a President of the United States does not have the constitutional authority to do — change the law on his own. As noted in a post on rollcall regarding Obama’s executive action on amnesty that affects some 5 million illegals: The White House has defended Obama’s action as a case of prosecutorial discretion grounded in precedent over decades, as many other presidents have also granted executive amnesty of one form or another without Congress. But Obama did not “change the law.” That’s Congress’s job. The comment is certain to feed into the Republican attack that Obama is acting like an “emperor.” A new poll just released on cnn finds that Americans are not happy with the way Obama went about, as the president himself acknowledged, changing the law: …when asked for their stance on Obama using an executive order to make those changes, just 41% said they favor the move, while 56% said they oppose it. By clicking on the video above, you can watch Obama’s stunning statement about his changing the law without congressional authority. Read more at westernjournalism/shock-video-what-obama-just-admitted-in-his-own-9-words-proves-hes-a-lawless-dictator/#saGMXsXMrBZkxz7l.99
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:08:33 +0000
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