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Obama Bypassing Congress to Benefit His Reelection?

In our system of divided government, Congress passes laws and the President implements them. President Obama, a former constitutional law professor, seems to have forgotten this notion of separation of powers. He now seeks to legislate from the White House, doing through Executive Order and signing statements what Congress has refused to do through legislation. […]

Candidate Obama v. President Obama on Signing Statements

“We’re not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress.”  That was then-presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 pledging to not issue signing statements as qualifiers to bills Congress passes.  But over the weekend, now-President Obama issued his own signing statement to object to Congress eliminating certain czars and […]