Krauthammer: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness"
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Krauthammer: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness"
Krauthammer: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness"
"Beyond the pandering, beyond the politics, beyond the process is simple constitutional decency. This is out-and-out lawlessness. You had a clip of the president himself say months ago 'I cannot do this on my own because there are laws on the books.' Well, I have news for the president: The laws remain on the books, they haven't changed," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said on "FOX News" tonight.
"He proposed the DREAM Act of which the executive order is a variation. He proposed a DREAM Act. The Congress said no. The Congress is the one who makes the laws. What the administration does is it administers law. And in fact, what it's pretending to do is to use discretion, that's what the Homeland Security Secretary said," Dr. Krauthammer said.
"This is not discretion," he said. "Discretion is when you treat it on a one-by-one basis on the grounds of extenuating circumstances. This is the declaration of a whole new set of criteria, which is essentially resurrecting the legislation that the Congress has said no to."
“And I think this is not how you run a constitutional Republic. This ought to be in the hands of Congress, and it is an end-run. What's ironic of course is for eight years, the Democrats have been screaming about the imperial presidency with the Bush administration, the nonsense about the unitary executive. This is out-and-out lawlessness. This is not how you govern. And I think that's the first issue that should be on the table," Krauthammer concluded.
"Beyond the pandering, beyond the politics, beyond the process is simple constitutional decency. This is out-and-out lawlessness. You had a clip of the president himself say months ago 'I cannot do this on my own because there are laws on the books.' Well, I have news for the president: The laws remain on the books, they haven't changed," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said on "FOX News" tonight.
"He proposed the DREAM Act of which the executive order is a variation. He proposed a DREAM Act. The Congress said no. The Congress is the one who makes the laws. What the administration does is it administers law. And in fact, what it's pretending to do is to use discretion, that's what the Homeland Security Secretary said," Dr. Krauthammer said.
"This is not discretion," he said. "Discretion is when you treat it on a one-by-one basis on the grounds of extenuating circumstances. This is the declaration of a whole new set of criteria, which is essentially resurrecting the legislation that the Congress has said no to."
“And I think this is not how you run a constitutional Republic. This ought to be in the hands of Congress, and it is an end-run. What's ironic of course is for eight years, the Democrats have been screaming about the imperial presidency with the Bush administration, the nonsense about the unitary executive. This is out-and-out lawlessness. This is not how you govern. And I think that's the first issue that should be on the table," Krauthammer concluded.
TexasBlue
Re: Krauthammer: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness"
This pResident can't fuck with the powers of the legislative branch, which is what he's done here with this. If the pResident can pick and choose which laws to enforce and which ones to ignore, there's no fucking point in having Congress.
This is out and out, dictatorial behavior by Obama. He already has done this. Huh? What? Yeah! The Defense Of Marriage Act.... Obama and Holder said they don't agree with it and won't enforce it. Old news but here: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260494/breaking-obama-administration-declares-doma-unconstitutional-wont-defend-it-court-dani
This is out and out, dictatorial behavior by Obama. He already has done this. Huh? What? Yeah! The Defense Of Marriage Act.... Obama and Holder said they don't agree with it and won't enforce it. Old news but here: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260494/breaking-obama-administration-declares-doma-unconstitutional-wont-defend-it-court-dani
TexasBlue
Re: Krauthammer: Obama's Immigration Policy Is "Out-And-Out Lawlessness"
Wonder if this will hurt him, it should, but the voters always seem to be a couple of steps late.
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