“Their big idea has been to sue me,” mocked President Obama during a recent McLean, VA appearance, “That’s what they’re spending time on – a political stunt that wastes America’s time and taxpayer dollars.”
As expected, most of the media have been pooh poohing House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit. Many of them are the same insiders who ridiculed the case brought against the president over the recess appointments, which to their surprise, was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court.
Again we hear, What chance does it have? It could backfire. It will take too long.
Personally, I think it is Boehner’s responsibility to stand up and protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives from a president who continues to bypass this body of Republicans and Democrats.
In my Feb. 16, 2014 blog, Obama’s disregard for the law, I quoted George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley’s Dec. 3, 2013 House testimony on the president’s unconstitutional actions. Turley was back in the news this week.
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a Democrat who voted for President Obama, has been a strong force against the imperial presidency. (c-span classroom photo)
“A new model of government is emerging. Now, that model is the very model that the framers told us to reject,” Turley said on Fox’s The Kelly File on Wednesday. “When you look at the actions he’s (Obama) taken they have gotten to a very dangerous point. He is arguing that even after asking for things and Congress refusing, he could do those very same acts, he can order those very same changes on his sole authority.”
A Democrat who has voted for Obama, Turley also refuted the statement that President Obama has signed fewer executive orders; calling it silly. “You could have a single executive order that guts the government, or you could have a thousand that do nothing. You can’t look at the number of executive orders.”
Even if this lawsuit takes time beyond President Obama’s term in office, it is important for historical purposes, but more important to protect us against a future president who presumes he, too, can circumvent Congress.
