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Legal Scholar Who Voted For Obama: Obama’s Usurpation Of Constitutional Authority Has Been Taken To A ‘New Level’
Freedom Outpost
A significant, but almost unnoticed event occurred the other day when Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University, testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Turley, a well-known legal scholar, constitutional expert, and a Democrat who voted for Obama, said he was concerned that Obama was dismantling our system of government:
“[Although other presidents have also usurped constitutional authority] President Obama has taken it to a new level. I mean, when he went to Congress and said that he was going to go it alone, it was an amazing moment where various members of Congress cheered. It reminded me of when Holder went to an audience of lawyers and told them of the kill list policy, where the president was asserting the right to kill a citizen without a charge or conviction, and he received applause.
These are really sort of Felliniesque moments for someone who studies the Constitution. The framers assumed, most famously James Madison, that ambition would check ambition in our system. But the legislative branch for the last two presidents has been virtually inert. It’s gotten to the point where the shift of power is so significant that I think we have to stop and take notice.
There’s no question that previous presidents abused their power. But what we’re seeing with the Obama administration is really a systemic circumvention of Congress. And remarkably he’s doing that with the applause of his own party, members of the legislative branch.”
For an Obama-Democrat-constitutionalist to blow the whistle on Obama-run-amok is roughly like the NFL acknowledging that playing professional football involves head injuries that may cripple players for life. Normally neither NFL fans nor Democrats pay any attention, in one case, to injuries inflicted on the players, nor, in the other case, to injuries inflicted upon on our system of government.
But just as head injuries produce lasting disabilities, presidential usurpations of constitutional power produce lasting damage to the balance of powers.
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i think the author needs to get a deffinition of usurper , yes thats obamma holding the seat through deceipt . he isnt deceitful when it comes to the constitution he disregaurds it .