Posted on 05/14/2016 11:00:06 AM PDT by John Semmens
Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer's ruling that the Obama Administration has been illegally subsidizing health insurance companies failed to faze the President or his minions.
Presidential Press Secretary Josh Earnest mocked "the impotence of the President's political opponents. These court cases are an act of desperation. The GOP has lost this battle in the public arena. Voters reelected President Obama. That gives him all the mandate he needs to govern this country. Complaining that Congress never appropriated the money for the subsidies seeks to elevate a constitutional technicality above the will of voters."
The "constitutional technicality" that Judge Collyer found persuasive in her ruling was from Article I, section 9: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."
Earnest contended that "a president's executive action is, effectively, a lawmaking power. President Obama has used this power to bypass Congress's refusal to carry out its responsibility to fully fund the Affordable Care Act. The President has said on numerous occasions that he will take action if Congress fails to do so. This is one of those occasions. He feels confident that this Judge's ruling will be overturned by a higher court."
"The stodgy old 'separation of powers' dogma is an impediment to efficient government," Earnest added. "Each branch of government should be considered an alternate option for moving the country forward. Sometimes Congress may be the best option. Other times the Courts or the President may be. The crucial thing is to keep us on track for the advancement of progressive values and social justice. Since this is what President Obama has been doing for the last seven years there is no good reason for him to stop, no matter what anyone says."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,206549.0.html
Semi Satire with excellent emphasis of the arrogance of the Obama regime. Good one. Thanks John.
It’s too difficult to tell when arrogance stops and satire begins, given the fact that there is no end to this administration’s arrogance.
My hope is someday an honest President will open his files for all to see so everyone will know what a fraud this President pathetic excuse for a human being is/was.
When Josh Earnest lies he smirks. Notice that he is almost constantly smirking? Obama certainly has a knack for picking slugs out of the labor pool to back his unlawful actions and put a PC spin on them.
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