Who knew the President had the power to stop Congress in its tracks -- I thought that was something they did all by themselves, when they decided to take their Stonewalling Pact.
Boehner plans to file suit against Obama over alleged abuse of executive power
posted on FoxNews.com -- June 25, 2014
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Boehner had been weighing such a lawsuit in recent days, over concerns that Obama exceeded his constitutional authority with executive actions. Republicans have voiced frustration with Obama's second-term "pen and phone" strategy of pursuing policy changes without Congress -- particularly environmental rules via the Environmental Protection Agency. Republicans also complained about numerous unilateral changes to the implementation of ObamaCare.
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"My view is the president has not faithfully executed the laws," he said. "What we have seen clearly over the last five years is an effort to erode the power of the Legislative Branch."
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Republicans really need to brush up on their Civics lessons ... the fact that THEY aren't getting anything done --
really isn't the President's fault.
Presidential Executive Orders
'The Executive Power shall be vested in...'
by Robert Longley -- usgovinfo.about.com
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In many ways, presidential executive orders are similar to written orders, or instructions issued by the president of a corporation to its department heads or directors.
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President George Washington issued the first executive order in 1789. Since then, all U.S. presidents have issued executive orders, ranging from Presidents Adams, Madison and Monroe, who issued only one each, to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who issued 3,522 executive orders.
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Constitutional Authority for Executive Orders
Article II, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution reads, in part, "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America." And, Article II, section 3 asserts that, "The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed..." Since the Constitution does not specifically define executive power, critics of executive orders argue that these two passages do not imply constitutional authority. But, Presidents of the United States since George Washington have argued that they do and have used them accordingly.
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Maybe Republicans should also brush up on
their Oath to the Constitution, too?
They have a responsibly to DO their Jobs, just like the President DOES his.
And filing suits against the other "co-equal" Branches of Government -- really doesn't seem to be in their Job Descriptions.
Republicans really need to brush up on their presidential History too ...
Executive Orders: Washington - Obama
compiled by Gerhard Peters -- The American Presidency Project -- ucsb.edu
Kind of looks like President Grant 'started the trend' of doing something with his 'executive privilege', eh?
So how did those Executive Order rates fare, as the nation moved into the 20th century?
If Speaker Boehner is going to hold EVERY President by the same standard, as he is trying to hold President Obama to -- WELL, he's going to have a lot of retro-active suing to do. Starting with:
Nixon: 346
Regan: 381
GW Bush: 291
According to Boehner's new political standards, these Republican powerhouses have "eroded the power of the Legislative Branch" WAY MORE than President Obama has ... who ranks in there in with
Obama: a 182 measly Executive Orders.
I wonder how that number (182) compares to the number Bills that Mr Boehner has managed to pass under his {cough} leadership?
... speaking of "eroding the power of the Legislative Branch" and all.
Perhaps the Just-Say-No Speaker should consider suing himself instead? If he was really as worried about effective governing, as he pretends to be in this, increasingly dicey GOP Election year.