Techno
2012-01-05 02:45:15
You gotta be kidding.
How is this any different to the way presidents have operated for decades? He was elected to run the executive branch of the government, and he’s free to do anything within the law and budget. That’s how it works, and how it’s supposed to work.
If you don’t like the constitutional separation of powers, then campaign to change it. Don’t pretend that you’ve only just discovered that the president doesn’t have to do everything that the congressional majorities might happen to like on any given day. That’s not how it ever worked.
What next – outrage that he gets a big house to live in while he does the job?
Now … I’d love to hear your constitutional view on presidential signing statements.
