Obama is expected to announce executive orders on unilateral immigration this Thursday, and some Republicans are gearing up for the fight.
According to Sen. Rand Paul, the Supreme Court could overturn Obama’s illegal orders.
Mr. Paul said Monday evening on Fox News’ “Hannity” program that a new Republican-controlled Congress could rein in potential executive orders through the appropriations process, as some in the GOP are calling for.
“We can pass legislation, but legislation would have to be signed by him,” he said.
But Mr. Paul hinted at another possible avenue, citing a case during the Truman administration where the Supreme Court overturned an executive order directing the government to run many of the steel mills in the country amid heightened demand from the Korean War.
“I think with regard to immigration reform, he’s doing something that Congress has not instructed him to do and in fact has instructed him otherwise, so I think the Supreme Court would strike it down – that takes a while, but that may be the only recourse short of a new president,” said Mr. Paul, who is a contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
Source: washingtontimes.com
Of course, arrest and conviction of high treason works well too.
Sen. Ted Cruz wrote an excellent piece published on Politico:
Obama Is Not a Monarch
The president cannot act alone; the Constitution requires compromise.
The Constitution designs a system of checks and balances for our nation, and executive amnesty for immigrants here illegally unilaterally decreed from the White House would seriously undermine the rule of law.
Our founders repeatedly warned about the dangers of unlimited power within the executive branch; Congress should heed those words as the president threatens to grant amnesty to millions of people who have come to our country illegally.
To be clear, the dispute over executive amnesty is not between President Obama and Republicans in Congress; it is a dispute between President Obama and the American people. The Democrats suffered historic losses in the midterm elections largely over the prospect of the president’s executive amnesty.
President Obama was correct: His policies were on the ballot across the nation in 2014. The elections were a referendum on amnesty, and the voters soundly rejected it. There was no ambiguity.
Undeterred, President Obama appears to be going forward. It is lawless. It is unconstitutional. He is defiant and angry at the American people. If he acts by executive diktat, President Obama will not be acting as a president, he will be acting as a monarch.
Thankfully, the framers of our Constitution, wary of the dangers of monarchy, gave the Congress tools to rein in abuses of power. They believed if the president wants to change the law, he cannot act alone; he must work with Congress.
He may not get everything he wants, but the Constitution requires compromise between the branches.
A monarch, however, does not compromise. As Alexander Hamilton explains in Federalist 69, a monarch decrees, dictates, and rules through fiat power, which is what President Obama is attempting.
When the president embraces the tactics of a monarch, it becomes incumbent on Congress to wield the constitutional power it has to stop it.
Congress, representing the voice of the people, should use every tool available to prevent the president from subverting the rule of law.
When the president usurps the legislative power and defies the limits of his authority, it becomes all the more imperative for Congress to act. And Congress should use those powers given to it by the Constitution to counter a lawless executive branch—or it will lose its authority.
I,ll give some the benefit of a doubt!
Let’s do it . You will find that most of us are tired of what this man is doing to our country.
Those of you talking hate , take it somewhere else. Half you talking here didnt vote at all. If you pay attention to, half of the speech is against Obama and the other half is for him. So those talking hate need to take your hate and put it somewhere else.
Just arrest him. He has broken so many laws and is aiding and abetting our enemies. We want ACTION, not rhetoric and political posturing.
LUIS V GUTIERREZ, DEMOCRAT, 4TH DISTRICT, IL – OVER 70% LATINA’S
Proverbs 29:24 NKJV
24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
He swears to tell the truth,[a] but reveals nothing.
Revelation 21:8 NKJV
8 But the cowardly, unbelieving,[a] abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in
the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death.”
MENTALLY ILL: YOU LIE AND LIE AND LIE AND YOUR CONSCIENCE NEVER KICKS IN!!
LUIS
V GUTIERREZ – GO TO THE COUNTRIES OF ALL YOUR ILLEGALS AND HAVE THEM
STEAL FROM THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND IGNORE THEIR LEADERS AND TAKE ILLEGALS
TO THEIR COUNTRIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM, WHEN THEY ARE
ILLEGAL!!!!
IMPEACH OBAMA – NOW!
REMOVE FROM OFFICE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO IGNORE THEIR OATH TO SERVE LEGAL CITIZENS.
REMOVE FROM OFFICE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO IGNORE OUR LAWS – WE HAVE LAWS FOR ILLEGALS – OBEY OUR LAWS!!!
LEGAL AMERICANS ARE HOMELESS
LEGAL AMERICANS ARE LIVING IN POVERTY
LEGAL AMERICANS ARE HUNGRY
LEGAL AMERICANS ARE JOBLESS
STOP STEALING OUR MONEY – THAT IS OUR MONEY NOT YOUR MONEY
Apparently Sen Paul is not understanding that this action he suggests is not going to happen.
Republicans so disappointing. !!!
Stop him !
Hang this idiot black illegal muslim traitor terrorist for high treason and murder. Shouldn’t take long to get some police to go arrest him I’m sure a judge would issue the warrant.
Impeach the treasonist traitor!!!…surround the White house while he makes the speech and arrest the commie