Obama is expected to announce executive orders on unilateral immigration this Thursday, and some Republicans are gearing up for the fight.
According to Sen. Rand Paul, the Supreme Court could overturn Obama’s illegal orders.
Mr. Paul said Monday evening on Fox News’ “Hannity” program that a new Republican-controlled Congress could rein in potential executive orders through the appropriations process, as some in the GOP are calling for.
“We can pass legislation, but legislation would have to be signed by him,” he said.
But Mr. Paul hinted at another possible avenue, citing a case during the Truman administration where the Supreme Court overturned an executive order directing the government to run many of the steel mills in the country amid heightened demand from the Korean War.
“I think with regard to immigration reform, he’s doing something that Congress has not instructed him to do and in fact has instructed him otherwise, so I think the Supreme Court would strike it down – that takes a while, but that may be the only recourse short of a new president,” said Mr. Paul, who is a contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
Source: washingtontimes.com
Of course, arrest and conviction of high treason works well too.
Sen. Ted Cruz wrote an excellent piece published on Politico:
Obama Is Not a Monarch
The president cannot act alone; the Constitution requires compromise.
The Constitution designs a system of checks and balances for our nation, and executive amnesty for immigrants here illegally unilaterally decreed from the White House would seriously undermine the rule of law.
Our founders repeatedly warned about the dangers of unlimited power within the executive branch; Congress should heed those words as the president threatens to grant amnesty to millions of people who have come to our country illegally.
To be clear, the dispute over executive amnesty is not between President Obama and Republicans in Congress; it is a dispute between President Obama and the American people. The Democrats suffered historic losses in the midterm elections largely over the prospect of the president’s executive amnesty.
President Obama was correct: His policies were on the ballot across the nation in 2014. The elections were a referendum on amnesty, and the voters soundly rejected it. There was no ambiguity.
Undeterred, President Obama appears to be going forward. It is lawless. It is unconstitutional. He is defiant and angry at the American people. If he acts by executive diktat, President Obama will not be acting as a president, he will be acting as a monarch.
Thankfully, the framers of our Constitution, wary of the dangers of monarchy, gave the Congress tools to rein in abuses of power. They believed if the president wants to change the law, he cannot act alone; he must work with Congress.
He may not get everything he wants, but the Constitution requires compromise between the branches.
A monarch, however, does not compromise. As Alexander Hamilton explains in Federalist 69, a monarch decrees, dictates, and rules through fiat power, which is what President Obama is attempting.
When the president embraces the tactics of a monarch, it becomes incumbent on Congress to wield the constitutional power it has to stop it.
Congress, representing the voice of the people, should use every tool available to prevent the president from subverting the rule of law.
When the president usurps the legislative power and defies the limits of his authority, it becomes all the more imperative for Congress to act. And Congress should use those powers given to it by the Constitution to counter a lawless executive branch—or it will lose its authority.
You better grow some stones quickly or there will be a third party come 2016. We are tired of both the major parties. One is running amok and the other one has been castrated. Republicans have an opportunity to show they can handle the problems facing America, so let’s see something happen soon.
Obama’s plan is to bring as many people as he can into the Country. By doing this he gains millions more slaves, making him enormously rich under Sharia Law. This falls within his plan to make America a Muslim Country with him as the Grand Caliph of the America’s; both North and South. This is Islam’s long range plan for the Northern and Southern American Hemisphere. He has the backing of the Saudi Families as well as the ayatollah of Iran. You have had enough time now to be able to look back and see his progress towards this goal. You would have to be a fool not to see this or just scared into denial. Wake up! We are on the last legs of Freedom. Arise !!! Get him out while we still can !!! Go back and review his public stated goals and read his writings and his books. Read the writings of his wife(?). Why do you think that Valerie Jarrett is at the White House? She is coordinating between Obama and the Ayatollah of Iran. Why do you think that he has replaced so many of the people in the White House? He has put the Muslim Brotherhood in as many offices as he can. Congress will not act !! They have been silenced and are now just puppets braying like donkey’s giving him further time to ensure his success!!
The Supreme Court is almost as bad as Obama so I don’t know if there is any help there. IMPEACHMENT IS THE WAY TO GO!
Impeach him today and charge him with treason and sedition.
I hope when the Congress changes hands in January that they start to impeach , the Democrats has had the majority since ’06/’07 ,and they are the reason he got away with most of the c**p that he did… Reid will not be calling the shots in the senate and we will find out what Mitch will do and see if he is who he said he is… or is a Rino in disguise…
LOLOL…he amazes me sometimes.
good IMPEACH THE DOG
I pray your right
IMPEACH!!!! He’s the embodiment of the Antichrist!!!!!
Treason is treason and the Potus has shown he can get away with it!