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“Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the President’s persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat,” Cruz stated in the report’s introductory remarks.
“President Obama has openly defied [rule of law] by repeatedly suspending, delaying, and waiving portions of the laws that he is charged to enforce. When President Obama disagreed with federal immigration laws, he instructed the Justice Department to cease enforcing the laws. He did the same thing with federal welfare law, drug laws, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act,” Cruz wrote. “In the more than two centuries of our nation’s history, there is simply no precedent for the White House wantonly ignoring federal law and asking others to do the same.”
Cruz details 76 specific actions over eight chapters. We’ve listed eight of them, as chronicled by Cruz, below:
1. “Obama implemented portions of the DREAM Act by executive action”
2. “Ended some terror asylum restrictions”
3. “Recognized same sex marriage in Utah despite a Supreme Court stay on a court order allowing the institution”
4. “Illegally revealed the existence of sealed indictments in the Benghazi investigation”
5. “Illegally delayed Obamacare verification of eligibility for healthcare subsidies”
6. “Ordered Boeing to fire 1,000 employees in South Carolina and shut down a new factory because it was non-union”
7. “Terminated the pensions of 20,000 non-union Delphi employees in the GM bankruptcy.”
8. “Government agencies are engaging in ‘Operation Choke Point,’ where the government asks banks to ‘choke off’ access to financial services for customers engaging in conduct the Administration does not like—such as ‘ammunition sales.’”
originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: Rezlooper
I'm all for it! As long as we go after the Bushes and Clinton and what the hell, the Tri Lateral Commission was enacted and put Jimmy Carter in office!
So let's go after all the criminals that have done the American people wrong and make it a TRUELY NON PARTISAN effort to save our country?
originally posted by: Rezlooper
originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: Rezlooper
I'm all for it! As long as we go after the Bushes and Clinton and what the hell, the Tri Lateral Commission was enacted and put Jimmy Carter in office!
So let's go after all the criminals that have done the American people wrong and make it a TRUELY NON PARTISAN effort to save our country?
I agree with you. They all played a part in destroying this country, but I think Obama has done more damage than all of those you mentioned put together.
The President's taste for unilateral action to circumvent Congress should concern every citizen, regardless of party or ideology. The great 18th-century political philosopher Montesquieu observed: “There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates.” America's Founding Fathers took this warning to heart, and we should too.
originally posted by: coastlinekid
...Awaiting Obama's supporters to chime in and poo-poo this list... "This is just a political witch-hunt from racists"...LOL!!!
You can't win with these people,... but nice try Ted...
originally posted by: Granite
a reply to: Rezlooper
Obama is at fund raisers in SoCal today, tomorrow collecting more campaign money to inflict #77-#500 illegal actions on America!
Ted Cruz releases definitive list of 76 lawless Obama actions - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
1. Granted a “hardship” exemption from the individual mandate for people whose health plans were canceled because their plans weren’t Obamacare compliant.
2. Delayed the individual mandate for two years.
3. Allowed individuals to buy health insurance plans in 2014 that did not comply with Obamacare.
Extended this delay until 2016—past the mid-term elections.
4. Extended the deadline to enroll in Obamacare.
5. Illegally granted businesses a waiver from Obamacare’s employer mandate.
Twice.
6. Illegally continued the Obamacare employer contribution for congressional staffs.
7. Illegally delayed the Obamacare caps on out-of-pocket healthcare payments.
8. Illegally delayed Obamacare verification of eligibility for healthcare subsidies.
9. Illegally required people to violate their faith via the Obamacare contraception mandate.
10. As of May 2011, over 50% of Obamacare waiver beneficiaries were union members (who account for less than 12% of the American work force)
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: Rezlooper
Ted Cruz releases definitive list of 76 lawless Obama actions - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
I wonder if this is Teds first foray into the race for the White House? He needs to come up with something better and stronger than an anti Obama rant even though Obama deserves it.
Obama won't be running in 16 so the GOP platform of "were not Obama" won't mean much.
We're all aware of the problems....time to start looking and talking about solutions!!!
originally posted by: Granite
a reply to: netbound
Are you Jewish or gay?
They hate Ted Cruz because he is Christian as our founding fathers were and Americans mostly are.
Your from OUTSIDE "dude"!