[OldDeckHand]

"This seems like an impeachable offense."

Impeachable? I don't think so. It's not a high crime or misdemeanor. It's stupid, but it's not a crime.

Obama is only removing a limitation that placed by a previous president, which are both actions allowable with respect to the relevant US law, specifically International Organizations Immunities Act. Obama's just exercising his executive authority granted to him by the Constitution.

[K-oneTexas]

IMHO, I believe your right.

First, it does do more to undermine privacy than anything contained in the Patriot Act, now or before.

Second, the President is only exercising his executive authority granted to him by the Constitution (as so many before him has done.

I do agree that this is not an impeachable offense, I’m not a lawyer or Constitution expert but I can not see the regular exercise of authority rising to that height.

I don’t believe this in anyway allows INTERPOL to operate without check in this country and snatch folks off the street or anything that drastic. But it does place them outside the reach of any questioning.

[DBCJR]

This exceeds his authority.

[DBCJR]

Reagan was acting in his executive authority enforcing the Constitution. Obama’s 1) revoking that EO and 2) extending immunity and granting no accountability to Interpol is a decision that would AT LEAST involve a treaty and possibly require a Constitutional Amendment.

[Beckwith]

...Obama's just exercising his executive authority granted to him by the Constitution.

Your comment assumes he is eligible to exercise that authority -- and that's not settled.