The Patriot Post® · 'Constitutional Tipping Point'

Leftist constitutional professor Jonathan Turley, who teaches law at George Washington University, told Congress Wednesday that Barack Obama’s “accelerating” expansion of executive power is bringing us to a “constitutional tipping point.” He added, “The fact that I happen to think the president is right on many of these policies does not alter the fact that I believe the means he is doing [it] is wrong, and that this can be a dangerous change in our system. And our system is changing in a very fundamental way. And it’s changing without a whimper of regret or opposition.” Indeed, his primary criticism was of Congress and the courts for letting the president get away with it. If such executive actions are left unchallenged, he warned, the precedent will solidify, making it harder to address in the future. The Founders set up checks and balances for this very reason – each branch will seek expanded power if the other two don’t check and balance it.