President Obama’s executive amnesty represents a “threat” to America’s very system of government, according to House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “The Constitution is clear: Presidents don’t write laws, Congress does,” Ryan said Monday ahead of oral arguments before the Supreme Court in United States v. Texas. “Presidents may disagree with the laws, but they are not free to ignore those laws and have unelected bureaucrats write new ones.” “This is a threat to self-government itself,” Ryan added.
…“The Executive may disagree with the laws Congress enacts and may try to persuade Congress to change them. But neither any immigration law now on the books nor the Constitution empowers the Executive to authorize—let alone facilitate—the prospective violation of those laws on a massive class-wide scale,” the brief reads in part. “We have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution, and today at the Supreme Court, we will do just that,” Ryan added.
Hmmm. true, all true. In fact, very true – it’s all in black and white in the Constitution. But why did you go to the bother of going to the Supreme Court? So let me ask you this, Speaker Ryan, as you have a much better, much more powerful tool at hand – one you can do all by your lonesome:
The power of the purse is also given to the Congress – why didn’t you just stop Obama’s executive amnesty dead in its tracks by refusing to fund it?
You SOUND good in the above snippet – but you ACTED weak. You could have defunded it (along with some other stuff to “send a message”), but you caved. You gave him absolutely everything he wanted with the latest omnibus bill. With someone like Obama, when you act weak, they will act strong. Bullies always do. So which is it:
Are you weak – or are you in collusion?
See, simple question.
(H/T: Big Government)
