Dec 12, 2013• By DANIEL HALPER
South Carolina, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution
in the House of Representatives that would, if adopted, direct the legislative
body "to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to
challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch." In
other words, Rep. Rice wants to take President Obama to court for not
faithfully executing the laws.
"President Obama has adopted a practice of picking
and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice
conveniently coincide with his Administration’s political agenda. Our Founding
Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written
by Congress and vested this power in the President. However, President Obama
has chosen to ignore some of the laws written by Congress and implemented by
preceding Presidents," Rice wrote in a letter to fellow House members to
ask them to co-sponsor this resolution.
"This resolution allows the House of Representatives
to bring legal action against the Executive Branch and challenge recent
actions, inactions, and policies."
The "legal action against the President" would
be, according to an aide for Rep. Rice, "for ignoring Article II, Section
3 of the Constitution." Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution states,......To Read More.....
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