Showing posts with label executive power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label executive power. Show all posts

Obama Promises A Big Push On Climate Change

by Ronald Bailey.     Yesterday, President Barack Obama devoted the biggest single section of his second inaugural address to the problem of climate change. He has clearly decided to make confronting climate change a central objective of his second term. In his second inaugural address the president declared, “We will respond to the threat of climate     ... MORE

Biden: White House Eying 19 Executive Actions On Guns

Obama prepares to deploy tyrannical measures. The White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats on Monday, the administration’s first definitive statements about its response to last month’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook  ... MORE

Senators Join Suit Over Obama's Constitutional Powers

by Stephen Dinan. Republican senators on Wednesday joined a lawsuit arguing President Obama violated the Constitution when he used his recess appointment powers earlier this year to fill several controversial posts. The move intensifies a simmering separation-of-powers battle over Mr. Obama’s executive powers, which Republicans say he has abused during     ... MORE

David Limbaugh: An Arrogant And Lawless Cover-Up

What is it that needs executive privilege protection?      Few principles are more important to our constitutional scheme than the separation of powers, which is precisely why President Obama's bogus assertion of executive privilege to thwart Congress' investigation into Fast and Furious is so inexcusable. Executive privilege is an important  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Can Obama Rewrite Federal Law?

Power without limits. Here we go again. Is the Constitution merely a guideline to be consulted by those it purports to regulate, or is it really the supreme law of the land? If it is just a guideline, then it is meaningless, as it only will be followed by those in government when it is not an obstacle to their purposes. If it is the supreme law of the land, what do we ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Amazon Is Obama's Mistress


President Obama has a mistress.    Her name is Amazon. Whereas former Presidents Kennedy and Clinton rendezvoused with female interns, Obama rendezvous with an e-commerce company. Amazon currently monopolizes e-book sales, controlling 60 percent of the market. And, like a jealous lover, Obama is suing Amazon’s competitors in order to    ... MORE