And NO ONE has shown any inclination to forcefully stand up to him.
Exactly right. And your second statement above is the one that's the most astounding to me.
The second statement you say astonishes you most isn’t true.
A lot of states are doing their best to stand up to him on a variety of fronts.
If he ignores a clear Court ruling as to what the law is, the states can ignore him.
Also, Steve King of Iowa says he will file suit against Obama in federal court in regard to the immigration changes by Obama to the written laws.
He won a similar suit against then Iowa governor Vilsack within the Iowa court system, when Vilsack tried to do the same type of thing Obama is now.