In America, it has always been our system of government that laws are passed by Congress and the president signs the bill for it to become law. Even if the president refuses to sign or vetoes the bill, Congress can still pass the law with a two thirds vote. On the other hand, the president cannot, by himself, pass any law or even change the laws already on the books.
In the last six months, president Obama has ignore these requirements for enacting new laws or modifying old ones. About two months ago, Obama announced that the federal government would no longer take action against certain classes of aliens who are here illegally. In essence, Obama adopted the rules of the Dream Act which failed to even come close to passage in Congress. Obama claimed that he was just using prosecutorial discretion to decide who should be prosecuted. That argument fails miserably once one realizes that Obama is not deciding about individuals but about the standard course of conduct for the federal government.
Obama has also pushed for all sorts of regulations in areas where Congress refused to act. The EPA and OSHA are closing down coal mines with their new regulations even though Congress refused to pass requirements of this onerous nature on the coal mining industry.
Other examples of Obama exceeding his constitutional authority abound. Under Obama, America is being transformed from a constitutional republic into a quasi fascist state where the "leader" is able to decide new policies on his own without a care about what the constitution says.
Mitt Romney has promised to respect the Constitution. Obviously, we have not seen Romney in action, but it is extrememly hard to think that he could be anywhere near as bad on this score as Obama.
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