That’s because Obama thinks he is a God for whom all else exists. He does not recognize legal authority.
They don't seem to be able to think beyond that level.
True freedom carries sometimes awesome consequences and that thought terrifies them.
I read an essay many years ago addressing the question of whether a free people had the right to vote themselves into slavery, and, sadly, they do, if they choose to ignore the Constitution and the lessons of history.
"Progressives" hate the Constitution beyond all reason, unless they are able to manipulate it's intent and purpose.