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Jul 28, 2015, 7:16 PM

Here ya go:

Launching an illegal war in Libya. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to declare war. Under the congressionally-enacted War Powers Act, Mr. Obama had 60 days to get congressional approval after U.S. bombs started dropping in Tripoli, but he didn't bother. Putting the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of yet another Arab nation appeared to be a higher priority than following the law.

Undermining the nation's armed forces. Article II, Section 2, names the president Commander in Chief. Instead of asserting American power, Mr. Obama projects weakness, emboldening our enemies. The murder of our ambassador and three other staff in Benghazi, Libya, and the attacks on our embassies in Egypt and Yemen, are bitter fruit of that reality. In addition, Mr. Obama rammed through Congress a bill homosexualizing the military despite failing to make the case that this won't hurt readiness, morale, retention or recruitment. He is unfit to be Commander in Chief.

Violating religious freedom. Mr. Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services ignored the First Amendment by issuing a Soviet-style order to Catholic and other faith-based institutions to violate their beliefs and provide insurance covering abortifacients, contraceptives and sterilizations.

Appointing agency “czars” without Senate approval. Article II, Section 2, gives the president the power to appoint ambassadors, judges and top agency officials, but only with the “Advice and Consent of the Senate.” Mr. Obama has appointed, without Senate approval, more than two dozen “czars” in federal agencies.

Making illegal recess appointments. Article II, Section 2 allows the President to “fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate.” While the Senate was in session, Mr. Obama made recess appointments of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three members of the National Labor Relations Board.

Forcing Americans to buy health insurance. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to regulate commerce and levy taxes. It does not force Americans to engage in commerce. During policy debates in 2009, the White House denied that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate was a “tax.” But in court, the administration argued that it was a tax after all. In a shocking ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts bought the logic, upholding this unconstitutional monstrosity.

Refusing to enforce laws that he doesn’t like. Article II, Section 3 states that the president “shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Mr. Obama directed Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to ignore the Defense of Marriage Act and even work against it in the federal courts. Mr. Holder also suspended newly enacted photo ID voter laws in Texas and South Carolina.

Stonewalling Fast and Furious. The Justice Department’s subdivision of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms “walked” more than 2,000 firearms to drug gangs across the border to Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed, along with at least 100 Mexicans. The administration has shown contempt for Congress, and Mr. Holder denied knowing about the debacle despite evidence indicating otherwise. This is not “faithfully” executing the law or defending America’s sovereign borders.

Violating Equal Protection and Voting Rights. The 14th Amendment guarantees “due process” and “equal protection of the laws.” The 15th Amendment guarantees that “the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged … on account of race.…” Mr. Holder ditched the case of New Black Panther Party members videotaped intimidating Philadelphia voters in 2008. Two former Justice Department officials testified that employees were told to ignore white complainants.

Using the EPA to attack America’s energy industry. In 2010, the Senate refused to pass the "cap-and-trade" bill that would have created a carbon-tax system, vastly increasing federal power over energy. The Environmental Protection Agency declared carbon dioxide a pollutant anyway and began exerting raw bureaucratic power. Mr. Obama's green zealots nixed the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada and virtually shut down new oil exploration and drilling.

Allowing the FCC to grab the Internet. The Telecommunications Act gives the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority over wire and broadcasting, but not broadband. Congress and a federal appeals court rejected the FCC's claims of authority, yet the FCC released "net neutrality" rules in December 2010. This violates the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. The FCC has no more authority over the Internet than it does over the musings of Joe Biden.

Attacking a state for upholding federal law. The 10th Amendment says “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” In July 2010, the Justice Department sued Arizona for a law requiring state officials to enforce federal immigration laws. Nothing in the Constitution prohibits states from assisting in enforcing federal laws. Meanwhile, the Justice Department ignores "sanctuary cities" that openly violate federal law.

Giving a foreign leader platforms to denounce an American state. In May 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed Congress, where he blasted Arizona to cheers from Democrats. Mr. Obama joined him later at a White House press conference where both men trashed Arizona. The president takes an oath that he will “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” which guarantees that states are part of the United States, not part of a foreign country by default.

Using the National Labor Relations Board as a goon squad. The NLRB sued in April 2010 to stop the Boeing Co.'s new $750 million Dreamliner plant in right-to-work South Carolina because unions objected. Nowhere does the Constitution give the federal government the power to tell businesses where they can operate.

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Michael Tomasky, explaining the Trump phenomenon:

Consider the last six-plus years from the point of view of your average conservative out there somewhere in America. All you’ve seen is defeat after defeat. Now if you’re a liberal you may not feel like you’ve been racking up the victories, but think of this from the conservative point of view, and I think you’ll see what I mean.

First, Barack Obama won, which was bad enough—from this average conservative’s point of view, a win that, for many of the voters Trump has attracted, was itself the product of a conspiracy that took in Acorn, the media, retired birth registrars in the state of Hawaii, and numerous others. Then he started passing things—big-government stimulus, free-market choking banking “reform,” and most of all the health care bill. Then a movement arose with which you could fully identify, the Tea Party, and you and those like you sent dozens of Tea Party people to Washington. And they’ve managed to cut a little spending here and there, but not such that anyone would really notice, or the moochers would really suffer. And somewhere in there, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner agreed to a tax increase on rich people.

Then Obama won reelection, the product of another vast conspiracy that your Republican leaders proved unable to thwart. Then someone you actually like, Ted Cruz, shut down the government, but he was completely ostracized within the Beltway, including by Republicans. While all this was happening, you could smell the country changing in ways that horrify you—everybody dumping on the police; good Christians being calumniated because they refuse to bake someone a cake; the Boy Scouts (the Boy Scouts!) kowtowing to the homosexual agenda; perhaps most importantly, the hordes of dark-skinned immigrants streaming across the border, forming their gangs and gobbling up all their free stuff. McConnell and Boehner seem powerless to stop any of it. And then—the final blow—you even lost the Supreme Court, where Roberts and Kennedy turned out to be just another couple of go-along, get-along quislings.

You are tearing your hair out. You can’t believe all this is happening. You tell the pollsters. CNN just came out with something this week. How well do you feel the government in Washington represents the views of people like yourself, you were asked. Answers, from Republicans: 1 percent very well, 15 percent somewhat well, 42 percent not too well, 41 percent not at all well. Now, Democrats and independents weren’t exactly popping champagne corks in this poll, but both groups were considerably less grumpy than Republicans.

So should it be any surprise that McConnell and Boehner are both underwater among Republicans? No, it’s no surprise at all. And as for the candidates, well, you like Cruz, but you know he’s not going anywhere, the liberal media would never permit that; you’re mostly okay with Marco Rubio and you like what you see of that Scott Walker fellow; but you don’t like Jeb! any more than you like the two Washington leaders. They’re all cut from the same dreary cloth, and they’re all going to sell you out one way or the other.

And into town, this arid little town that’s run by stooges and puts its few heroes under quarantine, rides Trump. He has made no compromises, and he talks like a guy who isn’t going to make any compromises. He says he’s going to make America great again (it’s a good slogan, by the way, given his target audience; blunt and a little vulgar, just like the candidate). You don’t hear any of that timorous equivocating in the way he talks. You don’t know much about what Trump will do. But you know what he won’t do, and that’s enough.

Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

The "Constitution" hasn't stopped in before.***

Re: The "Constitution" hasn't stopped in before.***

Sorry about that.

crickets, huh? I thought so.***

Crickets, my ####. I'm not online 24/7. EVERY item on your

wow, nobody saw that one coming

When all logic fails, throw down that card!***

I think I struck a nerve with that libtard.***

"Libtard," my ####. We have the brains. You, on the other

Seriously though, the not liking Obama because he's black is

Prioritizing diplomacy over saber-rattling is not weakness.

That was a different situation dealing with different foreig

And I'm just asking. Did the Soviet Union openly state they

Re: And I'm just asking. Did the Soviet Union openly state they

I agree completely with you about staying out of the Middle

And I apologize for calling you a libtard earlier. I got a

Likewise. I throw the word "teatard" around entirely too

No worries! By the way, I don't care for the Tea Party.***

Good man! Nice to see you are not fooled by that fake

There a bit too far out there for me.***

or They're***

all those brains, but not a lick of sense

Here's someone who understands y'all:

wow, you have a cartoon to explain all those words to us?

As much as I love Dixie Beer, Scooter, too much of it will

It's not a failure of logic, it's a simple fact.***

Boo hoo hoo. Talk about panties in a bunch!***

Re: Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

Except doggy style.***

I don't need a limit, i only last 15 seconds***

"TAKE IT OUT TAKE IT OUT TAKE IT OUT! IM GONNA POOP!"

this is probably one thing we can agree one***

+1***

I wonder how his speeches are being received there.

Re: Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

Re: Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

Re: Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

"The last president was a blithering idiot and they'd rather

Re: "The last president was a blithering idiot and they'd rather

Re: "The last president was a blithering idiot and they'd rather

I'll be the first to admit that both have their issues. But

Re: I'll be the first to admit that both have their issues. But

About all we've done is stop the bleeding that started in

Re: About all we've done is stop the bleeding that started in

That's right. Surely you don't intend to argue

Re: That's right. Surely you don't intend to argue

Re: That's right. Surely you don't intend to argue

I did mention that Obama is just a moderate Republican. The

Re: Meh, nothing another executive order can't solve

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