Top 10 Ways Obama Violated the Constitution during His Presidency
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/top-10-ways-obama-violated-constitution-during-presidency
This article appeared in The Federalist on January 19, 2017.
The Obama administration has been the most lawless in U.S. history. I don’t mean that in the Nixonian sense of personal corruption, whereby the president is personally above the law, although the idea that Barack Obama’s tenure has been ethically pure is laughable.
No, my accusation rests on the 44th president’s seeing himself as professionally above the law, ignoring the executive branch’s legal limits and disrespecting constitutional bounds like federalism and the separation of powers.
But don’t just take it from me. Liberal law professor Garrett Epps (a professional acquaintance) admits that “even for those like me who admire Barack Obama, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed. Obama leaves the Constitution weaker than at the beginning of his terms.” Epps labels Obama’s posture to be one of “aggressive compliance,” torturing statutory language as far as it can go in order to avoid constitutional claims.
A.) Obama Only Furthered the Imperial Presidency
B.) How Obama Ignored Constitutional Checks and Balances
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As we mark another peaceful transfer of power, let’s pause to note the 10 most significant ways in which Barack Obama violated the Constitution, in rough chronological order.
1. The Chrysler Bailout
2. Obamacare Implementation
3. Political Profiling by the IRS
4. Recess Appointments
5. DACA and DAPA
6. Assault On Free Speech and Due Process On College Campuses
7. The Clean Power Plan
8. The WOTUS Rule
9. Net Neutrality
10. EPA’s Cap-And-Trade
That’s Only The Beginning
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Zim : I skipped a LOT. Each item has one or more
paragraphs explaining it. Entire article is at the link.
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