Obama Skips Past Congress Again With Health Mandate Delay
In March, Issa complained in a Washington Examiner op-ed that the Obama administration was interpreting the health care law to provide tax credits in health exchanges even if states refused to set them up — contrary to the law’s text.
The fact that most states refused to set up their own exchanges “does not justify the administration’s effort to ignore the plain language of the law,” Issa wrote.
Meanwhile, critics of the administration suggest the president has increasingly relied on questionable executive actions because he can’t get Congress to bend to his will.
Some executive actions have strong legal precedent — such as a Supreme Court decision affirming the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions, the centerpiece of Obama’s second-term, go-it-alone climate agenda. Others, including aspects of implementing Obamacare and the president’s decision last year to end deportations of young immigrants brought here as children, remain hotly disputed.
“It’s a fascinating transformation for Obama,” said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University who has become one of the administration’s chief legal critics.
“He rightfully criticized President Bush for violating the separation of powers and using signing statements to rewrite legislation, but Obama has been far more aggressive in circumventing Congress and far more successful in creating an imperial presidency,” he said.
In March, Issa complained in a Washington Examiner op-ed that the Obama administration was interpreting the health care law to provide tax credits in health exchanges even if states refused to set them up — contrary to the law’s text.
The fact that most states refused to set up their own exchanges “does not justify the administration’s effort to ignore the plain language of the law,” Issa wrote.
Meanwhile, critics of the administration suggest the president has increasingly relied on questionable executive actions because he can’t get Congress to bend to his will.
Some executive actions have strong legal precedent — such as a Supreme Court decision affirming the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions, the centerpiece of Obama’s second-term, go-it-alone climate agenda. Others, including aspects of implementing Obamacare and the president’s decision last year to end deportations of young immigrants brought here as children, remain hotly disputed.
“It’s a fascinating transformation for Obama,” said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University who has become one of the administration’s chief legal critics.
“He rightfully criticized President Bush for violating the separation of powers and using signing statements to rewrite legislation, but Obama has been far more aggressive in circumventing Congress and far more successful in creating an imperial presidency,” he said.