Today, President Obama and Attorney General Holder stated they no longer intend to enforce laws they do not agree with.
Are there no Democrats in America who feel obligated to do their jobs? Wisconsin dems run and hide, to thwart the democratic process. Indiana dems run and hide. And even the president and his henchmen are unwilling to live up to their oath of office - to uphold the laws.
Just for the record, no one - not even the president - has the right to arbitrarily decide which laws will be enforced. Under the Constitution, EVERY law must be enforced. Congress writes the laws, and once written they are the law of the land unless and until they are repealed by Congress or overturned by the courts. The president and AG do not have the power or autrhority to repeal, overturn or even ignore the law.
Apparently, Obama and Holder do not care about that. If they do not like a law, they will not enforce it.
We got our first taste of this anti-American and anti-Democratic strategy when Holder's Department of Justice announced they will not pursue any case of voter intimidation where the victim was white. Then they chose not to enforce immigration laws they do not like. And now both Obama and Holder have announced they will not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Clinton.
It matters not if the law is good or bad; whether you like it or not. All that matters is that it is the law, and as such it is the job of the DOJ and the president to uphold that law.
In case they missed it, that is in their oath of office - they swear to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land.
Obama and Holder have placed themselves above the law, and feel they have no need to enforce or obey laws they disagree with.
That is unconscionable! If they refuse to live up to the oath of office, they need to go. The law is the law. And it's their job to uphold and enforce it, and not to virtually overturn it by ignoring it. If the law is bad and they do not like it, the ONLY legal recourse they have is to try and get Congress - the lawmaking body - to repeal it or to get the courts to rule it unconstitutional. Until then, it is the law, to be upheld. By everyone. Especially by those who swore under oath to uphold it.
If you doubt it, think of this: take the Defense of Marriage Act out of the equation. Instead, look at the basics:
1) Congress passes a law
2) A sitting president signs it into law
3) Later, a new president decides HE does not like the law, so he refuses to enforce or defend it
That is the OPPOSITE of democracy. It violates the rule of law. The president is acting as a king, acting by decree.
What if congress and the president passes a law making it legal for immigrants to get as guest worker pass. And two years from now a new president says, "Nope. I don't like that. Screw Congress and the previous president. Screw the law and the Constitution. I do not like that law so I will not enforce or defend it."
Or, there is already a law that says molesting children is illegal. What if a president gets elected that belongs to the Man-Boy Love association and decides he will not enforce that law?
This is why we have rule of law. It is why every elected official must swear to uphold the law.
Obama and Holder don't care about that. They have declared themselves monarchs.
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