Posted on 06/08/2016 10:34:29 AM PDT by OddLane
The threat of an imperial presidency constantly looms within the American psyche, especially now that the ability of the federal government to intrude into our personal lives appears to be unlimited. However, this administration’s exploitation of its explicit powers-and arrogation of powers it was never granted under our Constitutional framework-is unprecedented in the context of the post-Cold War Era.
From usurping Congress’s power of the purse, to investing himself with the authority to kill American citizens overseas, to deploying American special forces to nations with which we’re not at war-an action which Congress explicitly rejected-to expanding the surveillance state in previously unimaginable ways, Barack Obama has created an executive branch which would make Richard Nixon, the bête noire of bien pensant liberals, blush.
The most egregious example of this President’s contempt for separation of powers is its decision to make immigration policy in defiance of congressional will and legal/constitutional precedents.
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The Pinkos never object to tyranny...when they are in power.
Never fear, the Republicans will put a stop to all that,
just as soon as a Republican is elected.
Am I wrong?
Barack Obama has created an executive branch which would make Richard Nixon, the bête noire of bien pensant liberals, blush.
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