As President Obama prepares to take major executive action on immigration, there is much talk about the tools available to opponents, especially in Congress, looking to respond. Weve made the case against congressional lawsuits before, but suggest in our latest essay that President Obamas ineligibility for a third term is an important factor in the political dynamics of the current immigration debate. For the president, it seems to have freed him from worrying about the unpopularity of the move. For the Congress, it provides the temptation to simply run out the clock on this presidency and hope to make progress in the next one. Much of this was anticipated in Federalist 72 in Alexander Hamiltons original case against presidential term limits. We hope you might find a restatement of that case in the present context worthy of your consideration.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:48:13 +0000
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