Don’t limit this to Obama. The problem lies in the office of the president having become too powerful, at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches, the states and the people.
The presidency needs a “haircut.”
To start with, a conservative POTUS needs to work with a conservative congress to do it right. Things like Presidential Signing Statements, Proclamations that grab state lands, national disaster dictatorship plans (which every president since Eisenhower have signed on to), Czars, and many other bad behaviors need to be eliminated outright.
Other things need to be reinforced and clarified, like the War Power Act and Posse Comitatus Act, the explicit limitations to Executive Privilege, the ability of congress to impeach cabinet officers and other appointees, the ability of congress to fire General Service bureaucrats and close agencies and bureaus of government, etc.
Non-government persons (especially first ladies) should be officially stripped of any notions that they have authority.
The FED needs auditing, as well as ALL of America’s strategic resources, especially our metals reserves.
This list goes on and on.
I agree the problem with presidential power doesn’t begin with Obama. It begins with Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
I almost choked on a mouthful of lunch....Even when the GOP controlled all of D.C. (note I didn’t say conservative, let alone a *gasp* Constitutionalist), the only time the Const. was even mentioned was when it used to make another political point....as they passed NCLB, TSA, DHS, etc.
There will be ‘reset’ until the War of Indep. II; which I fail to see happening as the bread and circuses are in full swing (sports and TV).
I’d LOVE to see even the most basic of Law passed: an authority declaration needed for ANY/ALL Bills before voting (as if that’d make a difference, I know).