Do you think that Obama's XO was an acceptable usage of his authority?
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Don't pass go, don't collect 200$
Obama's known as a president who isn't shy on issuing executive orders. Executive orders are essentially bills that don't have to go through congress that have basically the same authority, though congress can veto an executive order with enough support (or lack thereof depending on whose side you're on). The advantages of executive orders are quite obvious- they get past the intentional deadlock that is the United States Federal Government and get things done. However, the question that's posed then is when is one of these XO's justified? According to Judge Andrew Hanen , not this time. In a case about Obama's recent immigration XO surpassing his authority, 26 states collectively sued Obama in federal court. The Judge deemed that it was indeed an overstepping of Obama's boundaries, which resulted in the program being indefinitely paused. The outcome of this suit is that the upset states can now continue on to sue further, to get the program shut down forever.
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Cameron, Doesn't seem like your heart was in your blog this term. 3 posts? None in past five or six weeks? you also didn't cite a fav. post, so I'll comment on this one. Title seems funny but also a little arbitrary. While you link to an article, you never engage in the substance or the language of that article. XOs are interesting (as are signing statements -- see Al Gore's call for the impeachment of W. on those grounds), but it'd be nice to see you do more here. Is Obama's action the work of a polarized Washington? Was it a desperate gambit driven by partisan politics? I'd like to hear more of your views before you "throw it open" to the web.
ReplyDeleteWhy no new posts this quarter? Disappointing for someone so engaged in current events. Let's hope you find a way to express your entertaining thoughts this summer!
ReplyDeleteIt happens to be part of his job description to be allowed to pass XOs. Similar to how part of his job is to nominate Supreme Court justices, like Judge Garland, he should be allowed to perform his job. Suing him was not the right course of action, since there is a Constiutionally correct way to approach this issue.
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