South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday
that the Obama administration’s deliberate flouting of congressional law “has
reached an unprecedented level,” claiming the time is now ripe for Congress to
take the White House to court over executive overreach.
Gowdy spoke with Fox News’ Shannon Bream about a House
resolution authorizing a congressional lawsuit against the executive branch.
Although individual lawmakers do not have standing to challenge the president,
the provision would allow the institution of Congress itself to sue the Obama
administration for ignoring laws passed by the legislative body……The South Carolina congressman rattled off a litany of
executive abuses under President Barack Obama, including a blatant disregard of
immigration enforcement laws and numerous, unilateral Obamacare rule changes
and delays. Gowdy says Congress is running out of options to protect their
constitutional turf.
“I don’t like running to the
court,” he told Bream. “I’d rather use any other remedy other than going to the
court. But our other remedies have not worked, and the judicial branch is there
for a reason. In certain circumstances Congress ought to be able to assert its
standing, and I just think the pervasiveness of his ignoring of Congress has
reached a point, we don’t have a choice.”.....Read more:
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