Where In The Constitution Does It Say Obama Can Rule By Decree And Do Whatever He Wants?Michael Snyder As humans, we all have the tendency to want more power. That is why a separation of powers was such a radical concept. As Bill Federer is constantly pointing out, the Founding Fathers made our federal government inefficient on purpose. They wanted a system of checks and balances that would make it difficult to push through major changes very rapidly. Unfortunately, Barack Obama has become extremely frustrated by this and has expressed his intention to rule by decree as much as he can during the remainder of his second term. In our system, the legislature is supposed to make the laws, and the executive branch is supposed to execute them. But Obama does not seem to care for that arrangement too much. Just recently, he made the following statement Were not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that were providing Americans the kind of help they need. Ive got a pen and Ive got a phone. And during a visit to Monticello on Monday, Obama said the following Thats the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want. Of course that was probably a joke, but it just reveals what his mindset is. This week, Obama made another major change to the Affordable Care Act without getting congressional approval. At this point, it has become clear that Obama believes that he can change any law, for any reason, any time that he likes. The following is whatthe Wall Street Journal had to say about this most recent lawless act ObamaCare is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Obama says it does on any given day. His latest lawless rewrite arrived on Monday as the White House decided to delay the laws employer mandate for another year and in some cases maybe forever. This latest modificationdirectly contradicts the plain language of the law, and if the American people do not object to this it will let Obama (and all other future presidents) know that they truly can do whatever they want. Charles Krauthammer is completely outraged by all of this. He says that this is the kind of stuff you do in a banana republic But generally speaking you get past the next election by changing your policies, by announcing new initiatives, but not by wantonly changing the law lawlessly. This is stuff you do in a banana republic. Its as if the law is simply a blackboard on which Obama writes any number he wants, any delay he wants, and any provision. Its now reached a point where it is so endemic that nobody even notices or complains. I think if the complaints had started with the first arbitrary changes and these are are not adjustments or transitions. These are political decisions to minimize the impact leading up to an election. And its changing the law in a way that you are not allowed to do. And he is right. For those that have not read it, the U.S. Constitution states that the president shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. If Obama wants part of Obamacare to be changed, he must ask Congress to change it. He cannot change laws all by himself. As Stanford Law School Professor Michael McConnell stated last year, the Office of Legal Counsel for the Justice Department has always insisted that the president has no authority, as one such memo put it in 1990, to refuse to enforce a statute he opposes for policy reasons. What in the world is happening to this country? Meanwhile, those that are objecting to the lawless behavior of the Obama administration are increasingly being portrayed as national security threats. This is also the kind of thing that we are accustomed to seeing in banana republics. According to a recentWND article, the Ohio Army National Guard conducted a training drill last year in which the enemies were supporters of the 2nd Amendment and had right-wing beliefs Internal documents from an Ohio Army National Guard training drill conducted in January 2013 describe the details of a mock disaster in which Second Amendment supporters with anti-government beliefs were portrayed as domestic terrorists. The Guards 52nd Civil Support Unit and first responders in hazmat suits conducted the training exercise last year in Portmouth, Ohio. In the terror-attack scenario, two Portsmouth Junior High School teachers follow orders from a white-nationalist leader to poison school lunches with mustard gasto advance their right-wing beliefs about gun rights. Its the reality of the world we live in, Portsmouth Police Chief Bill Raisin told WSAZ-TV. Dont forget there is such a thing as domestic terrorism. This helps us all be prepared. Sadly, this was far from an isolated incident. For many more examples, please see my previous article entitled 72 Types Of Americans That Are Considered Potential Terrorists In Official Government Documents. Whether you support Barack Obama or you are deeply opposed to him, hopefully we can all agree that he needs to follow the law. Hopefully good sense will prevail and Obama will stop trying to rule by decree. There is a reason why we have a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. One man is not supposed to make all of the decisions. The members of Congress should be loudly objecting to this massive power grab by Obama. Please pray for Barack Obama and for Congress. Up to this point, they have been behaving very foolishly. Let us pray that they will soon return to following the U.S. Constitution. Related selfnews Post Article: This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. 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