Obama to Congress: I’ll decide what’s constitutional

The Daily Caller. ^ | 01/05/2012 | Chris Cox

[OneWingedShark]

Face it, both parties are enemies of the people.

Agreed.
I remember NY-23; that alone should be proof that the party is NOT on the side of the people.

We have nowhere to go.

[...] Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

[Mariner]

Congress can whine or impeach and remove.

It's obvious they have opted to whine via proxy.

The Imperial Presidency is back because there is a power vacuum in DC.

Congress is unable to act decisively on anything. Anything.

[neverdem]

The impeachment of BJ Bill Clinton, probably saved him from defeat in his second election to The Presidency.

Clinton was impeached two years into his second term in late 1998, but the Senate failed to remove him.

As far as gun running to Mexico, Holder better resign, or he'll be impeached, IMHO. That will put the Senate in a bit of a bind, except for states with safe rat seats. They have to defend 23 seats with 7 of them open next November.

[MosesKnows]

we are doomed

We are only "doomed" if we accept that we are doomed. Many Americans do not accept that we are doomed; please count me among them.

[El Gato]

The President can spend the White House budget on advocating to Congress whatever he wishes, but the NIH cannot spend any of it’s budget for that purpose.

Art. I sec. 9

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law”

Since Congress has explicitly prohibited any money from being drawn from the treasury and spent by the NIH on advocating gun control, then they can’t spend that money as it would be drawing money in opposition to appropriations made by law. Thus Unconstitutional.