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Executive Order challenge: fair or foul?

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Representative Steven King (R-IA) said on Friday that he would go to court to enjoin Obama's "DREAM Executive Order" from taking effect. Unless and until Congress
passes anything like the DREAM Act, Obama has no right to put it into
effect by Executive Order. So says
King. He also said he would challenge the President by himself, whether
anyone else in Congress joined him or not. (See stories in WND and Newsmax.)


King’s problem with this Executive Order goes far beyond what it does. No
President, nor any State Governor or other executive, has the power to
do what he pleases without checking with his respective legislature.
King said he would act


before Obama has a chance to do even more damage to the Constitution.


King has done this before. Then-Governor Tom Vilsack signed an
Executive Order in 1999, having to do with hiring discrimination in
State government offices. King sued him, and won. A judge said that
Vilsack exceeded his authority with that order. King will rely on his
experience in suing Obama. His lawyers are looking now into:


  1. Where to sue, and
  2. Whether he has standing.

This is the first time in recent memory that anyone in Congress has
challenged a Presidential Executive Order. Without challenges like this,
Presidents have for decades seemed to make new law with them and get
away with it. Now, at last, a court might decide whether a President may
do that, and how far he may go.

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  • Odinsown 2012/06/18 14:04:53
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Odinsown
    +18
    Executive orders are the equivalent of the president saying "why? Because I said so!"

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  • Freeranger 2012/06/18 15:11:53
    Undecided
    Freeranger
    +11
    If he's exceeded his authority.....and I'm going to say right up front I'm not qualified to speak on the issue, then pedal to the metal.
    We are to be a nation of laws and ANYONE, including the President are subject to them.
  • ronbo 2012/06/18 15:10:56
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    ronbo
    +9
    Obama is a president not a king. He,s abusing the executive order process.
  • Idiot r... ronbo 2012/06/18 15:53:18
    Idiot repubs
    Funny how the right wingers applauded when Bush did it.
  • ronbo Idiot r... 2012/06/18 16:45:23
    ronbo
    I wasn,t in that chorus either. Bill Clinton and Bush Sr. abused executive orders as well.
  • momma-o... Idiot r... 2012/06/18 17:17:10
    momma-on-the-hit-list
    +3
    Better fix your sock reply, at least change up the words a bit, use some creativity, oh wait your not allowed that freedom, sorry.
  • ☆ Queen... Idiot r... 2012/06/18 19:06:59
    ☆ QueenAline
    +2
    you know, you're a bore
  • Mr. T ☆ Queen... 2012/06/18 19:35:03
    Mr. T
    +2
    Exactly why I blocked this fricking IDIOT.
  • Kimmel 2012/06/18 15:08:35
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Kimmel
    +12
    It seems the courts are the only way to enforce the checks and balances of our republic.
  • Lanikai Kimmel 2012/06/18 15:29:41
    Lanikai
    +8
    And, sadly, they often side with social justice rather then constitutional law.
  • Idiot r... Kimmel 2012/06/18 15:53:27
    Idiot repubs
    Funny how the right wingers applauded when Bush did it.
  • Kimmel Idiot r... 2012/06/18 16:59:15
    Kimmel
    +7
    I didn't see anything funny about it then or now. So stop childishly trolling.
  • momma-o... Kimmel 2012/06/18 17:18:07
    momma-on-the-hit-list
    +4
    Sad when someone is calling others an idiot and displaying it's definition so clearly.
  • ☆ Queen... Idiot r... 2012/06/18 19:08:21
    ☆ QueenAline
    +3
    you are repeating yourself.....is that part of your brain not working with liberalism? or is it Alzheimer disease setting in
  • littleb... Idiot r... 2012/06/19 15:37:19
    littlebuffalo55TBA
    When did Bush do profiling of a specific group in signing an Executive Order to get that groups vote in an election?

    Funny how you hold the side you don't like to the standard but it's "ok" when your guy does it?
  • Flash,aka,Mr.Lightning 2012/06/18 15:01:13
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Flash,aka,Mr.Lightning
    +10
    The old adage pertains to Obie,-"Who the hell does he think he is"?
    We are a republic based on checks and balances; congress passes laws and the excutive is suppose to carry out those laws not make by fiat his own.
    Support King!
  • Birthpangs 2012/06/18 14:59:54
  • Mike 2012/06/18 14:59:13
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Mike
    +11
    Executive Order takes away from the checks, and balances that our forefathers put in place
  • The Libertarian 2012/06/18 14:58:56
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    The Libertarian
    +11
    Regardless of who is in Charge, Executive Orders are equivalent to a Dictators decree.
  • Idiot r... The Lib... 2012/06/18 15:53:44
    Idiot repubs
    Funny how the right wingers applauded when Bush did it.
  • ☆ Queen... Idiot r... 2012/06/18 19:10:43
  • The Lib... Idiot r... 2012/06/19 01:41:28
    The Libertarian
    +2
    I guess you can't freaking read, I said regardless of who is in charge.
  • whitewulf--the unruly mobster 2012/06/18 14:51:27
  • RogerRover 2012/06/18 14:51:03
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    RogerRover
    +10
    Matters not about precedent. It's time to challenge bad precedents and keep the whole process from snowballing further out of control. The checks and balances spelled out by our constitution are of vital importance and wisdom. Why do we need a king?
  • GINGERBREAD 2012/06/18 14:46:32
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    GINGERBREAD
    +7
    Unfortunately, it would be a complete waste of time. Because we don't have any one on congress that has enough COJONES to challenge this president. What we need is a bunch of "JUNK YARD" dogs in congress to challenge this president, and that we don't have.
  • Mr. T 2012/06/18 14:44:04
  • Lanikai Mr. T 2012/06/18 15:30:40
    Lanikai
    +4
    brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
  • ☆ Queen... Mr. T 2012/06/18 19:11:22
    ☆ QueenAline
    +2
    lol sooooooo true
  • dominic garcia 2012/06/18 14:43:13
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    dominic garcia
    +11
    Steven King is a real American hero standing against the giant (corruption) in Washington D. C. Lets keep him in our prayers!!!!!
  • ☆ Queen... dominic... 2012/06/18 19:11:43
    ☆ QueenAline
    +2
    absolutely
  • Ed 2012/06/18 14:41:24
    Waste of the court's time! Executive Orders are perfectly valid instruments o...
    Ed
    +6
    This Exce. Order by the WHO is
    1. Stupid
    2. Another distraction
    3. Means diddle lee squat.

    When will the Hispanics in this country learn that this clown in the white house is using them like Liberals they use every damned minority in this country.
    IT'S ALL ABOUT POLITICS. Barack is patronizing you Jose, Juan,. Pedro, Eduardo. Some of us see it why are the rest of us so friggin blind.

    Down right embarrassing at times.
  • Idiot r... Ed 2012/06/18 15:54:02
    Idiot repubs
    Funny how the right wingers applauded when Bush did it.
  • Ed Idiot r... 2012/06/18 17:07:56
    Ed
    +2
    Yeah I'm falling on the floor laughing my funking ass off.

    When Bush did what? Excec orders. They all do it. It's what they want to use the Orders for and whether or not they are sidestepping Congress.

    We all know Barack thinks the Constitution is "out dated" and gets in his way. TFB

    THINK!
  • ☆ Queen... Idiot r... 2012/06/18 19:12:31
    ☆ QueenAline
    +3
    your avatar is just like your comments....an open mouth with nothing coming out
  • dominic... ☆ Queen... 2012/06/18 22:34:18
    dominic garcia
    +1
    Applause please!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ☆ Queen... dominic... 2012/06/19 03:34:29
    ☆ QueenAline
    +1
    thank you dominic..the guy is boring and monotonous ...:-D
  • dominic... ☆ Queen... 2012/06/19 04:10:38
    dominic garcia
    +1
    No kidding, he should go preach to his "koolaid" choir. They will be receptive, their koolaid does wonders for all of them.
  • Peewee 2012/06/18 14:37:26
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Peewee
    +9
    He's the president, not a dictator.
  • Seonag 2012/06/18 14:33:37
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    Seonag
    +10
    The ability to issue an Executive Order needs to be curtailed! it was fine back in the late 1700s and 1800s when Congress only met for 4 to 6 months a year. Today it is considered a 'full time job' and meets all year except for their Holidays and Vacations (which exceed anything the public gets). Obama couldn't get the Dream Act (first introduced into Congress in 2001 and revamped over the years) passed, so he's trying to go around Congress and this is WRONG.
  • Lanikai Seonag 2012/06/18 15:32:14
    Lanikai
    +5
    Maybe because congress KNOWS it is bad for America to give a "pass" to 21 million illegal felons who violated our laws to come here with their bastard offspring.
  • mk, Smartass Oracle 2012/06/18 14:32:46
    It's about time! Presidents have no power to govern by Executive Order. Not i...
    mk, Smartass Oracle
    +12
    I reject OBonzo's Imperial Rule.






    obama imperial ruler

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