The Patriot Post® · Executive Power Struggle

On Wednesday, the House passed a bill called the Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law (ENFORCE the Law) Act of 2014. Five Democrats joined Republicans in a 233-181 vote. It does just what the titles suggests and calls on Barack Obama to enforce the law, not to rewrite or ignore it. Naturally, the president threatened a veto, but his reason is laughable – it supposedly violates the separation of powers. That claim takes some chutzpah since Congress is merely trying to stop Obama’s legislating from the White House. Remember, even leftist law professor Jonathan Turley says Obama’s actions have brought us to a “constitutional tipping point.” He’s right.