WSJ Article: Obama above the law

[Ned Hamford]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323823004578591503509555268.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Jist being that this president asserts the authority to only enact and enforce laws that suit him for policy purposes; even when he wrote and passed the law in the first place.  I both laugh and weep over the fact we had to wait for a constitutional law professor to get to the point where lip service isn't even paid to following the darn thing.

I can't envision how hard it would be to be an honest and loyal president following this act.  How do you reign in government when its run so far amok that you have agencies actively destroying electronics and only stopping because they ran out of money to pay for the destruction, when fighting malware.  I'm sure there are some great great comparisons from that debacle to our farm bills ect.  This is probably why I shouldn't browse news sights during the work day.  This has definitely put me in the mood for a liquid lunch. 

[AZRedhawk44]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323823004578591503509555268.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Jist being that this president asserts the authority to only enact and enforce laws that suit him for policy purposes; even when he wrote and passed the law in the first place.  I both laugh and weep over the fact we had to wait for a constitutional law professor to get to the point where lip service isn't even paid to following the darn thing.

Even your first sentence is very telling in our outlook as a society.

You have a subliminal assumption that the POTUS enacts and enforces laws, and enforces those that only suit him.

POTUS is also subject to those same laws.  The article goes so far as to mention Article II, section III, and presidential dereliction of duty (breaking the law of the Constitution!).

Are there any laws that can be used to prosecute violations of COTUS?  Anywhere?

Without such, COTUS is a toothless nag.

[HankB]

. . . I can't envision how hard it would be to be an honest and loyal president following this act.  How do you reign in government when its run so far amok that you have agencies actively destroying electronics and only stopping because they ran out of money to pay for the destruction, when fighting malware.  . . .

A mass wave of firings of upper level executive branch managers, commissioners, and agency heads, along with appointment of an AG who'd actually do his job, would be a good start.