so.... a difference of opinion is an impeachable offense if the President is black? really? or is it the fact that this President has a (D) by his name? also, please note, that President Obama has used Executive Orders far LESS than the last President.... George Stephanopoulos: Now you’ve had a pretty tough reaction to this. Suggesting the president is “circumventing the Constitution.” Do you really think his proposals are unconstitutional? You know, his rate of using executive orders is far behind President Reagan, President Bush, President Clinton. Rep. Paul Ryan: It’s not the number of executive orders. It’s the scope of the executive orders. It’s the fact that he’s actually contradicting law, like in healthcare case, or proposing new laws without going through Congress, George, that’s the issue. So this is why concern we have an increasingly lawless presidency where he is actually doing the job of Congress writing new policies and laws without going through Congress. Presidents don’t write laws. Congress does, and when he does things like he did in healthcare. Delaying mandates that the law said was supposed to occur when they were supposed to occur, that’s not his job. The job of Congress is to change laws if he doesn’t like them, not the presidency. So executive orders are one thing, executive orders that actually change the statute, that’s something totally different. Stephanopoulos: Well, if you think he’s lawless, circumventing the Constitution, are you going to move to impeach? Ryan: No, I’m look, we have a difference of opinion, clearly, and some of these are going to get fought out in court. You have some court challenges with respect to religious freedom going to the court this spring, but I am concerned about this trend, such as what he said at the State Of The Union, that if Congress doesn’t give me the law I want, I’m going to go do it myself. That’s effectively what he said. That is not the way our Constitution works, and by the way, when we get sworn in, whether it’s a president or a congressman, you swear to uphold the Constitution, and I think these executive orders are creating a dangerous trend, which is contrary to the Constitution. George Stephanopoulos caused Paul Ryan to back peddle off of his lawless president rhetoric pretty quickly when he asked about impeachment. Circumventing the Constitution quickly became a difference opinion between Ryan and the president. Notice that when President Obama disagrees with the Republicans it is a symptom of a lawless presidency. The real reason why Republicans don’t want to hear the I-word is because they know that Obama isn’t violating the Constitution at all. Ryan was lying about what President Obama said at the State Of The Union. The president never said if Congress doesn’t give me the law I want, I’m going to do it myself. What he did say was, “But what I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require Congressional action, and I’m eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.”
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:41:56 +0000
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