re: Immigration; Obama couldn't get his highly suspect 'Dream Act' passed so now he has the Dept of Homeland Security and I.C.E. carry out essentially the same objectives as the Dream Act, again without congressional oversight.
re: NLRB, Obama has now given new life to this agency to pursue the wishes of BIG LABOR UNIONS.
re:The Internet and the FCC. In spite of a Federal Courts ruling, the FCC will now regulate the Internet without congressional oversight.
re: Education. Obama has empowered the Dept of Education to impose new rules and reg's for States to follow re:NCLB w/waivers again, with no congressional oversight.
re: DOJ. Obama has made the decision for the DOJ to abstain, (look the other way),regarding certain prosecutions that are illegal drug related.
Again, I ask, WHY are we allowing this to happen? Carl Mathiesen
"That is a constitutional abuse of a high order."
Dr. Matthew Spalding, vice president of American Studies and director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation, explains that this "new despotism" -- a government where regulations and unilateral actions replace republican governance -- runs entirely counter to the Founders' vision of America:
The greatest political revolution since the American Founding has been the shift of power away from the institutions of constitutional government to an oligarchy of unelected experts. They rule over virtually every aspect of our daily lives, ostensibly in the name of the American people but in actuality by the claimed authority of science, policy expertise, and administrative efficiency.
If this regime becomes the undisputed norm -- accepted not only among the intellectual and political elites, but also by the American people, as the defining characteristic of the modern state -- it could well mark the end of our great experiment in self-government.
President Obama's actions are exactly the kind that the Founders feared and sought to guard against. His illegal appointments usurp power from the American people's duly elected representatives, and the regulations they will promulgate will, undoubtedly, contribute to the unabated growth of the undemocratic administrative state.
Now that the President has crossed the threshold of constitutionality, there really is no telling where he may stop. There is a clear trend here, however, and it leads further and further from the constitutional order. With these illegal appointments, the President has taken to new heights his disdain for the separation of powers. Whether it will stop here depends on Congress -- Will lawmakers of both parties reassert the legislature's constitutional authority and take a stand against Obama's arrogant new authoritarianism?
... excerpts from The Heritage Foundation
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