As we move on to immigration, the new theory of the separation of powers that is being implemented by Pres. Obama is:
1. Give the Congress the opportunity to pass the laws the president wants passed,
2. If they fail at their job, then the President will do it for them.
I am particularly impressed that "not doing what the President wants" is referred to - sometimes implicitly but sometimes explicitly - as a "failure". Apparently the press does not notice this oddity.
SCOTUS has said (by 9-0) that the President is not the agency that decides whether the Senate is in recess or not. However, this has apparently not slowed him down. I wonder what would.
1. Give the Congress the opportunity to pass the laws the president wants passed,
2. If they fail at their job, then the President will do it for them.
I am particularly impressed that "not doing what the President wants" is referred to - sometimes implicitly but sometimes explicitly - as a "failure". Apparently the press does not notice this oddity.
SCOTUS has said (by 9-0) that the President is not the agency that decides whether the Senate is in recess or not. However, this has apparently not slowed him down. I wonder what would.
WRT - “what would slow him down” – It seems that the SCOTUS ruling has given the Prez even more resolve to bypass Congress. He states that he is going to do so openly, something I do not remember another President ever doing. I think impeachment is not an option for the Rs after the Clinton debacle and Obama does not have to get reelected. I think he is free to do as he pleases.
ReplyDeleteWRT – “Apparently the press does not notice this oddity” – Perhaps Bernie Goldberg got it right with his book “A Slobbering Love Affair”.